- Lacks all textpages; Some foxing; a few lvs. waterst.
= Published on the occasion of the excavation carried out in the House of the Vettii (or Domus Vettiorum), one of the wealthiest and most famous houses in Pompeii. The plates depict the mural frescoes of the Vettii house.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Good copy.
AND a copy of the 2nd ed. of the same work (ibid., 1866, (tinted) (lithogr.) plates/ ills., orig. giltlettered embossed gilt hmor. Some foxing and dampstaining).
- Lacks plate 22 and the description of plates 1-3; three plates waterstained, otherwise fine.
= Kat. Orn. Berlin 3951.
= Häuser in Pompeji, Band 1.
Fowler, H.N. and Stilwell, R. Corinth. Results of Excavations (...). Vol. 1. Introduction, Topography, Architecture. Cambr. (MA), Harvard Univ. Press, 1932, title and 21 (fold.) plates, loose as issued in orig. cl. portfolio w. ties, large folio.
- Without the text part; contents sl. creased and dogeared. Portfolio sl. stained and dustsoiled.
AND 1 other: B. LANDSBERGER (ed.), Materialen zum sumerischen Lexikon (...). Band 1. Ana Ittišu (Rome, 1937, orig. cl., folio).
- Unopened. Paper over spine partly worn away.
AND 1 other: C.F. MAZOIS, Le Palais de Scaurus ou description d'une maison romaine (Paris, 1822, 2nd ed., engr. plates, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece. Partly foxed).
- First leaf of first issue sl. dam due to sticking to frontwr. Wrappers trifle yellowed; scratch on frontwr. of 2nd issue.
= Important Polish periodical devoted to modern architecture in Poland as well as abroad. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXV.
- Most plates (sl.) foxed; occas. sl. waterstained/ frayed/ dam. Sold as a series of plates, not subject to return.
AND 3 others publ. by the same, i.a. H.J. VAN DEN BRINK, Het kasteel Stoutenburg nabij Amersfoort (ibid., 1866, 6 lithogr. plates, loose as issued in orig. wr., large folio) and C.B. VAN DER TAK, De terminus van den Rijn-spoorweg te Rotterdam (ibid., 1865, 9 lithogr. plates, loose as issued, folio).
- Some occas. (sl.) foxing. Good set. = Vol.1 with autograph signed dedication to Eug. Mouton on htitle.
- Lacks ±135 plates; year 1-4, 7 and 8 plates w. owner's stamp and various (sm.) defects (foxed/ stained/ frayed/ occas. torn); year 16 and 17 mostly in good condition. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
- Both contents fine. Wrappers dam.; 2nd vol. lacks backwr.
Giedion, S. Befreites Wohnen. Zürich/ Leipsic, Füssli Verlag, 1929, 20p., 86 plates, orig. hcl. (Schaubücher 14). Retera Wzn., W. Het moderne interieur. Amst., Kosmos, n.d. (1938), 1st ed., 160,(8 advert.)p., richly illustrated, orig. cl., large 4to.
- Cloth foxed.
= Dutch interiors with designs by i.a. G. Rietveld, W. Retera, H. Wouda, W. Penaat, C. Alons.
AND 2 others.
- A few lvs. w. closed tears in outer blank margins; occas. trifle foxed. Some vague soiling on frontcover.
= Rare consecutive run of this iconic periodical documenting the broad variety of residential architecture from all over the world. With contributions by/ on Tadao Ando, Andrew Batey & Mark Mack, Le Corbusier, Frank Gehry, Green & Green, Walter Gropius, Charles Gwathmey, Franklin D. Israel, Michel de Klerk, Charles Moore & Co., William Morris & Philip Webb, David Niland, Edward R. Niles, Bart Prince, Jean Prouvé, Alice Wingwall and Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Dustwr. sl. dam. at spine-ends.
De elite. Deel 1. Een analiese van de afdeling bouwkunde van de techniese hogeschool te delft. Delft, Stielos, 1970, 147,(1)p., ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo, w. loosely inserted "manifest opgesteld door het kollektief als slotverklaring voor: de elite. een analiese van de afdeling bouwkunde te delft" (1 fold. leaf, recto only). - AND 20 other miscell. works on architects, architecture, town planning etc.
- First free endpaper lacks tiny portion; htitle sl. foxed.
Le Corbusier. Exposition. Lyon, Musée de Lyon, 1956, no pagination, 16 plates, orig. pict. wr., 4to. - AND 6 others on architecture (partly on LE CORBUSIER), i.a. LE CORBUSIER ET PESSAC (Paris, 1972, ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo) and LE CORBUSIER. BOUWERKEN, SCHILDERIJEN, BEELDHOUWWERKEN, WANDTAPIJTEN. Introd. L.J.F. Wijsenbeek (The Hague, 1958, num. ills., orig. wr.).
- Lacks 2 plates (no.11, Villa op de duinen bij Scheveningen and 16, Muziektent in een volkstuin te Amsterdam); title, textlvs. and a few plates (sl.) foxed/ frayed; 14 plates (sl.) waterstained in right margin (partly affecting image).
= Architectural designs by i.a. H.J. van den Brink, P.J.H. Cuijpers, L.H. Eberson, A.N. Godefroy, J.H. Leliman, J.F. Metzelaar, N. Redeker, J.W. Schaap and W. Springer. The work was originally published in instalments.
- Corners and boardedges worn.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; owner's entry on first free endpaper. A few dents in outer edge of frontcover; backcover sl. rubbed.
- Endpapers sl. browned. Spine dam; covers foxed. = Rare.
Johannes, H. Neues Bauen in Berlin. Berlin, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1931, 96,(12 advert.)p., num. ills., fold. plan, orig. clothbacked limp pict. silver boards, slender 8vo.
- Frontcover sl. rubbed and loosening; spine dam.
= First edition of this attractive contemp. publication on modern architecture in Berlin after 1919 by the major architects.
AND a facs. edition of: O. SCHLEMMER, Die Bühne im Bauhaus (Mainz, 1965, ills., orig. cl., 4to).
- Each booklet w. 2 stamps on frontwr.; plates occas. trifle frayed. Portfolios occas. sl. dam along extremities/ restored.
= Comprises a broad variety of decorative objects used for castles, incl. technical description and cost calculation. Contains vols. on i.a. railing grids, entrance gates, parapets for balconies, stair railings and wire mesh.
- Lacks dustwr. w. photomontage and typogr. by El Lissitzky; cl. w. some minor imperfections.
= No. 2 in the series Neues Bauen in der Welt.