fs:Leonardo da Vinici

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December 24, 1996
Leonardo da Vinci

Cecchi, Dario Titian NY, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, Inc.,1958
5 1/4" x 8 1/2",
232pgs. Translated from the Italian by Nora Wydenbruck.11 illus.His life
VG, slt edgewear
$10

Cortissoz, Royal The Painter's Craft NY, Charles
Scribner's Sons,
1930 5 1/2" x 8".473 pages. 31 chapters, 20 illus,.Writes about
specific
exhibits,contains a chapter on a group of American Architects.Cortissoz
was an art critic for 50
years for the Herald Tribune. G- $15

Craven, Thomas Men of Art Simon & Schuster 1931 6 1/2 x 9
1/2" 513
pgs.Thomas Craven was a critic and art historian.He had articles in The
American Mercury, The
Dial, the Nation etc.Contains chapts on Giotto,Florence, Da
Vinci,Velaquz, Goya, Englishmen,
Face-painters and artists, The French, Modernism, etc.Over 40
illus.A little dryness
in spine o/w vg $15

Fabri, Ralph Artist's Guide to Composition Watson-Guptill,
1970 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", ex-libris,
plastic cover. 173 pages with 15 chapters. How to use the compositional
techniques of the Great
Masters in your paintings VG, wrn edges of cover, a few bent pages,
bnding loose $8

Gerwig, Henrietta Fifty Famous Painters Thomas Y.
Crowell, NY 1926
6" x 8 1/2", 416 pgs.,b&w and color plates.Brief biographies for
the general reader whose
interest lies in human aspect of great men's careers.Contents by
country.Bibliography G minor
tears,1 plate unattached,tight binding $8

Griffith, Rubye Mae Art is All Around Us A.S. Barnes & Co,
1976 6 1/2"
x 10 1/2".125pgs.Photographs by Arnold Wall.Ms. Griffith sets out to
prove that art is
everywhere, art is for everyone and anyone can enjoy the thrill of
artistic expression.Tells you
how to make art and enjoy it; how to cope with naysayers. DJ,
faded but g. Bk, vg with price
clipped endpaper. $15

Hurll, Estelle, M. The Home Book of Great Paintings
Houghton Mifflin, 1902
6 1/2" x 9 1/2", not paged but this is a collection of one
hundred and five famous
paintings.Michaelangelo,Titian, Raphael, Correggio,Van Dyck,
Rembrandt,and Murillo. Each
painting is described in five or six pages.There are many plates.
Dryness of top spine, a bit of
brning, o/w vg $15

Lerman, Leo Leonardo da Vinci NY, Bobbs-Merrill, 1940,
First 5 1/2" x 8 1/2",
288pgs.Illustrated by Robert Ball. 24 Chapters.Written for young adults.
VG, edgewear
$15

Merejcovski, Dmitri The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci
The Heritage Press,
1938 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", 580 pgs.,100 reproductions from Da Vinci.Cover
has picture of
Last Supper imprinted . This is a reprint of the edition originally
created for the members of the
Heritage Club.There is a note from publisher about wartime government
compliance for using
less paper. VG condition, with DJ a bit torn and faded but G- $25

Robb, David & Garrison, J.J. Art in the Western World (Revised
ed) Harper & Brothers, NY
1942 . 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 1037 pages. Art history, additional chapters on
minor arts.
Majority of the book is history of Architecture and Painting.There is a
critical bibliography and
chronological table, There are many illus. There is minor wear,
underlining and some
notes in pencil, someone read this. o/w vg $8

Rothstein, Michael Looking at Paintings Routledge, 1947 7
1/1" x
10".64pgs. Michael Rothstein, a painter, chose 20 paintings and wrote
commentaries.David
Jones, Graham Sutherland, Frances Hodgkins. 20 clr illus,notes & writings
VG, 1 bent page and
slight wrn crnrs. $15

Sir William Orpen,ed The Outline of Art Vol 2(1 copies)
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1923,
First 7 3/4" x 10 1/2"213 pgs.Art History. Giotto to 18th Century
British portraiture,
over 300 illus,.The intention of the editor was to reproduce as many as
possible of the greatest
pictures in the world and to say enough about their painters for the
reader to understand the
characteristics and qualities that make the work beautiful and inspiring
VG $20

Sir William Orpen,ed The Outline of Art Vol I (3 copies)
William H. Wise, 1934
7 3/4" x 10 1/2" 231 pgs.Art History. Giotto to 18th Century
British portraiture, over 300
illus,.The intention of the editor was to reproduce as many as possible
of the greatest pictures in
the world and to say enough about their painters for the reader to
understand the
characteristics and qualities that make the work beautiful and inspiring
VG $20

Taylor, Francis Henry Fifty Centuries of Art NY, Harper &
Bros, 1954,
First, 7 3/4" x 11 1/2", 184 pgs, 342 color reproductions.Present to the
publicas first
general survey of art ever to be published in full color. VG, some
edgewear and
fading. $15

Taylor, Rachel Annand Leonardo The Florentine(2 copies)
NY, Harper & Brothers,
1928, fifth ptg 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 580 pgs.A great biography by a scholar of
the Renaissance..paints
a picture of the throbbing life of Florence with all its color and
movement.5 parts, The City of
Lorenzo, The Court of Lodovico, The Wandering Years, The Hostel of
Francis , Leonardo da
Vinci,8 illus. Inscription to father on flyleaf,cvr and review pasted on
back pg. ,sm wear ,vg $15

Leonardo da Vinci Nature Studies from the Royal Library at
Windsor Castle at the J. Paul Getty
Museum Nov. 15-1980-Feb 15, 1981 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
March 4-June 7,
1981, Catalogue by Carlo Pedretti and Introduction by Kenneth Clark
Johnson Reprint
Corporation, 1980 8 1/2" x 11, 93 pgs., over 70 drawings, foreward,
preface,
introduction,catalogue, chronological table, tables of concordance, list
of
abbreviations,bibliographical note. Printed in Florence on beautiful
paper. VG
$50

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