[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1094] Italian art and architecture
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 1988
(24 cm), 91 pp., [3] leaves of colour illustrations. 285 items; priced. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Includes books from the library of the art historian Kenneth Clark, Baron Clark of Saltwood (1903-1983); “we have added a simple bookplate to record the provenance of the older books from this distinguished library” (editor’s preface). ¶ Occasional pencil annotations.
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1118] Autograph Letters of Italian Artists and Architects
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 1990
(24 cm), 51 (1) pp., illustrations. 490 items; priced. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “With the exception of items 127 and 219 all the autographs in this catalogue come from a single private collection, formed over fifty years ago”; “The correspondence with Baldassare Ferrero of Turin and Albert Guillon Venice, scattered throughout the catalogue, has been sold en bloc and reunited” (editor’s notes). ¶ As new.
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1130] Italian guidebooks & the grand tour
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 1990
(24 cm), 86 (2) pp., illustrations. 234 items; priced. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “The majority of the books in this catalogue come from the library of Keith Andrews (Hamburg 1920-Edinburgh 1989), former Keeper of prints and Drawings at the national Gallery of Scotland. We have added a small booklabel to record the provenance of this collection of Italian tours and guidebooks which formed such a central place in his affections” (editor’s note). ¶ Annotations in pen.
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1204] The science of art [other title:] The science of art : optics, perspective, colour
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, [1995?]
(24 cm), 88 pp., illustrations. 73 items; priced. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - “A catalogue as original in subject matter as learned in treatment” (from a notice in The Book Collector, Summer 1995, p.246). ¶ As new.
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1275] Northern European art history and the art trade : 1750-1850
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2000
(24 cm), [98] pp., illustrations. 162 items; priced. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “Many of the books offered for sale here come from the Donaueschingen library” (editor’s note). ¶ As new.
(24 cm), [52] pp., accompanying leaf with 24 illustrations (34 × 46 cm, folded to 17 × 23 cm) laid in. 108 items; priced. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “This collection of 108 posters and handbills advertising circus and related performances comes from the ducal library of the Fürstenbergs at Donaueschingen in Württemberg. The posters date from 1802 to 1854 and cover a wide range of locations from Berlin, Vienna and Karlsruhe” (compiler’s note). Noticed in The Book Collector, Winter 2002, p.542. ¶ As new.
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1326] Art and architecture
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2004
(24 cm), [100] pp., illustrations (some in colour). 96 items; priced. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Includes books from the library of Martin Bowes (1670-1726), recently dispersed. ¶ As new.
[Stock catalogues, numbered series: 1357] Art & architecture
London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2007
(24 cm), 104 pp., illustrations (some in colour). 100 items; priced. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. - Includes (item 91) Steucus, Opera (Paris 1577-1578) bound for Gian Federico Madruzzo). ¶ As new.