Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes (complete) with errata slip, folio size, approx. 1060 pp., with Errata slip. For those familiar with this incredible work, you may skip the following paragraph. For those who may be asking themselves, whyever should I be interested in an..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Third Printing. Hardcover. Four volumes, quarto size, 2216 total pp. An English language reference work devoted to "aesthetics", using a definition of aesthetics as "critical reflection on art, culture, and nature." The encyclopedia includes over 600 essays arranged alphabetically, covering about 400 individuals, concepts..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1990. Kenna, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, unnumbered, oblong quarto size, 115 pp., signed by Michael Kenna. The Désert de Retz is a landscape garden in north-central France, known for its lavish architecture in the style of classical antiquity, created by French..... More
[Rio de Janeiro]: Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira, 1980. Hardcover. Folio size, 124 pp., inscribed by Claudio Arrau. A little-known work on the great coffee plantations of the nineteenth century in the area around Rio de Janeiro. Coffee first started to appear in the area around 1760, and by 1822 there..... More
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, each volume the first printing of the sixth edition, quarto size, approx. 540 total pp., in slipcase. From the dust jacket flap: " 'Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750' is the largest volume in the Pelican History of Art..... More