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Bauhaus - Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar 1919-1923. Hrsg Staatlichen Bauhaus, Weimar & Karl Nierendorf, Köln. Weimar & München, Bauhausverlag, 1923. 226 pp. 147 ills & 20 coloured plts (incl. 9 orig. lithographs). Orig. dec. boards after a design by Herbert Bayer (binding slightly worn).

€ 3500
# A library-stamp in the upper right corner of the lithograph of K.Schmidt; two library-stamps on the endpapers & a small stamp on verso of the title-page.
* The first (& only) edition of this rare work. - The typographical design is by Moholy-Nagy, the lithographs by a.o. H.Bayer, Marcel Breuer, L.Hirschfeld-Mack & Keler Molnar. - Cont. articles by Gropius, Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy & Grunow. - Overall still a good copy.

  
   

Chinese Book Illustrations - Gulik, Robert H. van. De boek illustratie in het Ming tijdperk. 's-Grav., 1955. 10 pp (Dutch) text. 11 plts (2 col.). 'Japanese style' binding.

€ 750
* Published by the Nederlandse Vereeniging voor Druk- en Boekkunst in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. - This copy with a dedication in ink by R.H. van Gulik to Leonhard Huizinga: "Voor Leonhard Huizinga, klein souvenir aan je bezoek aan de Tsun-ming-ko ! Robert Gulik Den Haag, 14-XI-'64."

  
   

Dutch Art Catalogue - Hoet, Gerard. Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderyen, met dezelver pryzen Zedert een lange reeks van Jaaren zoo in Holland als op andere Plaatzen in het openbaar verkoft. Benevens een Verzameling van Lysten van Verscheyden nog in wezen zynde Cabinetten. In s'-Gravenhage, By Pieter Gerard van Baalen, 1752. 2 vols. XII,614,538 pp. Mottled calf, spine tooled & in compartments. 8vo.

€ 1000
# Bindings worn (spinen & corners dam.).
* Rare catalogue of art works sold in public sales in the Netherlands in the late 17th century and 18th century. Interesting reference work incl. an index with the artists names. A supplementary volume was published in 1779.

  
   

Photograpy - Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Les Européens. Photographies par Henri Cartier-Bresson. Paris, Éditions Verve, 1955. [10 pp] (French) text. 114 b./w. plts. Dec. boards after (special) design by Joan Miro. (top & bottom of spine damaged). Sm. Folio.

€ 800
*Fine collection of photographs made by the artist in the period 1950 - 1955.

  
   

Photography - Elsken, Ed van der. Sweet life. Amsterdam, Bezige Bij, 1966. 26 pp text. 170 ills (photographs) by Ed van der Elsken. Cloth, with dust-jacket (d./j. dam.).

€ 300
*With an handwritten dedication by Ed van der Elsken to the musician, writer and director Lodewijk de Boer (1937-2004): "November 1966 voor EEfke (sic) en Lodewijk [de Boer], jofele vogels zou Fransje zeggen. Gerda & Ed."

  
   

Sculptures - Bode, Wilhelm. Collection Pierpont J.Morgan.Bronzes of the Renaissance and subsequent periods. Introduction an descriptions by Wilhelm Bode. Paris, Libraire Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1910. XLII,30,45 pp text. 162 plts & 35 text-ills. Contemp. 3/4 blue morocco over paper covered boards. Large folio.

€ 9000
# Vol. I sl. Rubbed; vol. II missing lower leather corner on backboard. - Plates with some foxing.
* Internally fine and very rare. - Printed in a limited edition (150 copies) for private circulation only.

  
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