Costume

1925 PARIS.

Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXeme Siecle.

Paris. Imprimerie Nationale. ca. 1930. 9 vols. 4to. pp. 119; 103; 113; 107; 103; 107; 105; 109; 107; 115 96 hors texte plates in monochrome or colour in each volume, printed on rectos only. Publisher's half parchment, worn on hinges, rubbed on head and base of spines, parchment chipped with 2 slight losses. Internally fine.

One of the finest illustrated surveys ever produced on any of the great International Exhibitions, it is printed throughout on verges d'arches with photographic reproductions of exceptional quality.

£1,200

ref: 33548

ARIF PACHA.

Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman depuis l'Origine de la Monarchie jusqu'à la Reforme du Sultan Mahmoud.

Paris. Lemercier. (1863). Folio. pp. 47. Illustrated with lithograph title, portrait frontispiece, description of plates and 16 lithographed costume plates printed in colours after Arif. Later green cloth, red leather label pasted to spine.

This copy with text in French, there was also a Turkish edition, published in the same year with a ... (more)

£8,000

ref: 24712

ATKINSON, John Augustus.

A Picturesque Representation of the Naval, Military and Miscellaneous Costumes of Great Britain,... with a descriptive essay on the subject of each plate in English and French. Volume I. [All Published].

London. William Miller & James Walker. 1807. Folio. Half-title, title-page, 4 pp. dedication in ... (more)

First issue. 'It was originally intended to publish the work in three volumes, with 100 plates, but ... (more)

£12,500

ref: 27933

BAKST.

Feia Kukol / La Fée des Poupées.

St. Petersburg. Golike & Vil'borg. c.1904. 12 colour lithograph postcards after designs by Bakst, several heightened with gilt. Loose as issued in original printed envelope.

Bakst's designs for the costumes for Joseph Bayer's ballet Feia Kukol (The Dolls' Fairy) - first ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 34643

BIR COLLECTION. Seiwert, Wolf-Dieter.

Jewellery from the Orient. Treasures from the Bir Collection.

Stuttgart. Arnoldsche. 2009. 30.5 x 23.5cm. pp. 320. Over 750 pieces illustrated in on approx. 440 colour plates. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

£45

ref: 37046

BOCK, Dr. Franz.

Die Kleinodien des Heil-Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation nebst den Kroninsignien Bohmens Ungarns und der Lombardei.

Vienna. Aus der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei. 1864. 2 vols. folio. (text and ... (more)

A finely produced record of sacred objects, textiles, swords and decorative panels.

£2,000

ref: 33526

BULGARI. Triossi, Amanda & Daniele Mascetti.

Bulgari.

London. Thames and Hudson. 2007. 33.5 x 25cm. pp. 320. 705 illustration, nearly all in colour. Hardback in dust jacket and matching slipcase.

Revised and updated version of the Italian edition of 1996.

£60

ref: 35696

CARTIER. Nadelhoffer, Hans.

Cartier.

London. Thames & Hudson. 2007. 30.5 x 23cm. pp. 352. 521 illustrations, nearly all in colour. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket.

Enlarged and revised version of the 1984 edition, with many new colour illustrations.

£40

ref: 35707

DESPRÉS. Garbadi, Melissa.

Jean Déspres Jeweler, Maker and Designer of the Machine Age.

London. Thames and Hudson. 2009. 31 x 23.5cm. pp. 248. 341 illustrations, 234 in colour, Hardback in dust jacket. New,

Publishes on the occasion of the exhibition at the exhibition at the Bard Graduate Centre, New York.

£36

ref: 35701

FABERGÉ. Moore, Andrew.

Theo Fabergé and the St. Petersburg Collection.

London. Dauphin Publishing. 1989. 4to. pp. 161. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white with examples of Theo's work. Cloth, dust jacket.

£46

ref: 30495

FALIZE. Purcell, Katherine.

Falize. A dynasty of jewelers.

London. Thames and Hudson. 1999. 28.5 x 22cm. pp. 320. 414 illustrations, 157 in colour. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

£60

ref: 35699

GERMAIN, Pierre.

Elements d'Orfevrerie divisés en deux parties de cinquante feuilles.

Paris. Chez L'Auteur. 1748. 2 parts in one 4to. volume. Two engraved title pages and 100 engraved plates. Short tear in margin on one plate. Full brown morocco, rubbed on head of spine. All edges gilt.

Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin. No. 1066.

£1,800

ref: 27742

GRUAU. Brandi, Elisa Tosi (editor).

Gruau e la moda. Illustrare il Novcento. Gruau and Fashion. Illustrating the 20th. Century.

Milan. Silvana. 2008. 24 x 17cm. pp. 224. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Paperback. New.

£26

ref: 35039

HENDLEY, Thomas Holbein.

Indian Jewellery.

London. The Journal of Indian Art. 1909. 4to. Illustrated with 167 plates including 32 in colour illustrating over 1,100 pieces of jewellery each identified in caption texts. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards.

The scholarly text and superb corpus of illustration were extracted from The Journal of Indian Art.

£2,850

ref: 23930

HOFFMANN jr., Julius.

Der Moderne Stil. The Modern Style. 1899-1905. Jugendstil / Art Nouveau.

Stuttgart. Arnoldsche. 2006. 4to. pp. 463. Illustrated with 2,500 images depicting over 3,500 objects. Publisher's paper-covered boards, dust jacket.

Between 1899 and 1905 Julius Hoffmann jr. published the periodical Der Moderne Stil in which he ... (more)

£75

ref: 28354