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FRENCH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTING
Written by David Wakefield.
Stock no. 1826065
Published by Gordon Fraser Gallery. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0860920488. Heavy knock to top of boards, both front and rear board. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, scuffed and has a couple of scratches to rear panel.

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CHARDIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826063
Published by Royal Academy of Arts; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. To accompany exhibition during 2000. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900946830. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Top edge of text block and front cover slightly nicked (minor) and text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE PACIFIC ARTS OF POLYNESIA AND MICRONESIA (OXFORD HISTORY OF ART)
Written by Adrienne L. Kaeppler.
Stock no. 1826016
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Instead of looking at Polynesia and Micronesia separately, the book focuses on the artistic types, styles, and concepts that they share. From the textiles of Tonga to the canoes of Tahiti - the ultimate introduction to the rich and vibrant artistic cultures of the Polynesian and Micronesian islands. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 9780192842381. A lovely copy, no discernable faults to report.

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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SARAH STONE: NATURAL CURIOSITIES FROM THE NEW WORLDS (ART OF NATURE)
Written by Christine E. Jackson. Illustrated by Sarah Stone.
Stock no. 1825865
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers; Natural History Museum. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From about 1777 the talented watercolourist Sarah Stone was employed by the entrepreneur Sir Ashton Lever to record the contents of his extraordinary private museum. This consisted of specimens and ethnographic material being brought back by British expeditions to Australia, the Americas, Africa and the Far East. The Lever Museum was tragically dispersed in 1806, and most of its zoological specimens have been lost. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185894063X. A lovely copy.

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT 1880-1969: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE ARTIST'S SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
Written by Keith S. Gardner; Nigel D. Clark. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1825764
Published by Sir William Russell Flint Galleries Ltd.. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

Title to spine is 'Sir William Russell Flint R.A. A Catalogue Raisonne'. This is the De Luxe Edition, limited to 1500 copies of which nos 1-500 are De Luxe. Large format. Blue leather binding, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Colour illustrations with facing text. End of volume is Flint's engravings. ISBN: 0951154818. Spine is very slightly discoloured/faded. This is copy 334 of 500 De-Luxe copies. Contained in blue cloth slipcase with blue signature label to one side, case is a little rubbed at corners and some glue which holds the cloth to the spineis starting to dry out.

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AIRCRAFT NOSE ART: FROM WORLD WAR I TO TODAY
Written by Jeffrey L. Ethell; Clarence Simonsen.
Stock no. 1825622
Published by Zenith Press. 1st thus 2003. Nearly fine condition.

The complete history of this unique art form with some of the more colorful stories about the pilots and artists. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 0760313695. A lovely copy.

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THE LIMBOURG BROTHERS: NIJMEGEN MASTERS AT THE FRENCH COURT 1400-1416
Written by Rob Duckers; Pieter Roelofs.
Stock no. 1825613
Published by Ludion, Museum. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from 28 August - 20 November 2005. The Limbourg brothers were famous for their miniature paintings and late Gothic manuscript illuminators. Large format, very heavy! Dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations throughout. 447 numbered pages. ISBN: 9055445967. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top edge and is unevenly faded.

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ENGLISH MEDIEVAL MISERICORDS - THE MARGINS OF MEANING
Written by Paul Hardwick.
Stock no. 1325296
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture series. An analysis of misericords in relation to other cultural artefacts of the period. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 189 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781843836599. Minimal bumping to spine.

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MASTER OF GLASS
Written by Margaret Stavridi.
Stock no. 1825596
Published by John Taylor Book Ventures. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charles Eamer Kempe 1837-1907 and the work of his firm in stained glass and church decoration. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1871224004. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Pencil erasure of old price to top corner of free front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased, rubbed to top of spine with small nick, scuffed to rear panel.

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THE DOUCE APOCALYPSE: PICTURING THE END OF THE WORLD IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Nigel Morgan.
Stock no. 1825594
Published by Bodleian Library. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Douce Apocalypse, an illuminated luxury manuscript, was made for prince Edward, later Edward I, and his wife Eleanor of Castile in 1270. The text and images had a contemporary significance in the 13th century are were interpreted in the context of prophecies concerning the coming of the Antichrist. This volume conveys both the beauty of the original illuminated manuscript and the enduring fascination of its contents. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781851243600. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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CARLISLE AND CUMBRIA: ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Written by Mike McCarthy; David Weston.
Stock no. 1825580
Published by The British Archaeological Association. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

The British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions XXVII. Edited by McCarthy & Weston. Cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 1902653696. A lovely copy.

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