Many black & white illus. 35 pp. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Zürich: 1970.
Bookseller catalogue offering an interesting selection of books, catalogues, multiples, and posters. Near fine. More
Black & white ads. Unpaginated. 4to (207 x 148 mm.), pictorial wrappers with R. Lichtenstein illus., staple-bound. Cologne: 1970.
An early European bookseller catalogue offering the artists’ books, editions, and exhibition catalogues of or concerning Beuys, Brouwn, Cage, Christo, Duchamp, Flavin, R. Graham, Judd, Knowles, LeWitt, Lichtenstein, Long, Oldenburg, Ono, Rauschenberg, Rot, Ruscha, Warhol, Weiner, etc. Fine. More
Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, title on spine. Cologne: 1985.
1671 listings of art books. Fine. More
Small black & white illus throughout. Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, title on spine. Cologne: 1986.
Bookseller catalogue filled with books on design. Fine; sunning to lower wrapper. More
Numerous illus. in the text. x, 305 pp., 1 leaf of errata. 8vo, cont. half-calf & marbled boards (nicely rebacked & corners repaired). Braunschweig: F. Vieweg & Son, 1857.
First edition. “Bunsen compiled his research on the phenomena of gases into his only book, Gasometrische Methoden (1857). This work brought gas analysis to a level of accuracy and simplicity reached earlier by gravimetric and titrimetric techniques. Dividing the book into six parts, Bunsen presented methods of collecting, preserving, and measuring gases; techniques of eudiometric analysis; new processes for determining the specific gravities of gases; results of investigations on the absorption... More
Color and black & white illus. throughout. [12] leaves. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Berlin: Berliner Künstlerprogramm, 1975.
A rare Daniel Buren (b. 1938) exhibition catalogue. This show, supported by the Berliner Künstlerprogramm and Galerie Folker Skulima, was the first time Buren used sails as his canvas for works in situ. A regatta displaying the artist’s sails took place on Wannsee Lake outside of Berlin (20 September 1975). Thereafter, the sails were mounted on the walls of the Akademie der Künste (30 November-7 January 1976). This catalogue is thoroughly illustrated with photographs of the work, with text in parallel German... More
Printed on both sides. Card. Munich, Rüdiger Schöttle, 1977.
Announcement card for Buren’s 1977 show with Schöttle. Fine. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1978.
Postcard invitation for Buren’s 1978 exhibition with John Weber. Fine. Mailed to photographer Eve Sonneman. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1981.
Postcard invitation to Buren’s only exhibition at Jürgen Wesseler’s Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst. In fine condition. Mailed to graphic designer Wim Crouwel’s firm Total-Designe.
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Black & white illus. on recto, details on verso with printed address label. Photographic postcard, mailed. Munich: Rüdiger Schöttle, 1980.
Scarce postcard for Buren’s second solo presentation with Schöttle. Part of the installation for Buren’s first exhibition with the gallery (3-31 May 1977) is shown on the recto. Fine; mailed to Eve Sonneman.
❧ Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005), p. 104. More
Illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1980.
Postcard invitation for Buren’s 1980 show with John Weber. Fine. Mailed to photographer Eve Sonneman.
❧ J. Cooper, ed., The World Exists to be Put on a Postcard (2019), p. 160 (pictured). More
Black & white illus. on recto, details on reverse with printed address label. Photographic postcard, mailed. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1976.
Scarce postcard invitation to Buren’s 1976 solo presentation with John Weber. The postcard’s recto depicts the artist’s subtle interventions in the windows of the gallery at 420 West Broadway. In excellent condition; mailed to Eve Sonneman.
❧ Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005), p. 104. More
Black & white illus. on recto, details on reverse. Photographic postcard. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1976.
Postcard produced on the occasion of Buren’s exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum (30 April-1 June 1976). The photograph is taken from the artist’s book Discordance/Cohérence (1976), which was also published by the museum for this show.
A fine copy.
❧ Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005), p. 104. More
Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Houston: Cusack Gallery, 1975.
Postcard invitation for Buren’s 1975 show at Cusack Gallery in Houston. In fine condition. Mailed to Eve Sonneman and Bob Yucikas. More
Color cover illus. & illus. throughout. [24] pp. 8vo, printed softcover. Lucerne, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1980.
Scarce Daniel Buren (b. 1938) exhibition catalogue, published in conjunction with his exhibition-installation at the Kunstmuseum Luzern. Buren reprised his use of striped sails, a medium he had first employed on Wannsee Lake outside of Berlin in 1975. An exhibition at the Akademie der Künste followed that installation. The present 1980 show was preceded by a work in situ on Lake Lucerne (3 May).
The catalogue is printed in parallel German and French and contains diagrams and photographs of the sails and the exhibition... More
Rectangular card, printed on one side only, mailed. Washington D.C.: Max Protetch, [1974].
Very rare invitation to Buren’s first and only solo presentation with Max Protetch. This example was mailed to the famous Claire S. Copley Gallery on La Cienega Boulevard. The card bears two addresses for Protetch’s gallery, one in D.C. and the other on Spring Street in New York; we believe this exhibition took place at the former.
In excellent condition.
❧ Not in Michael Lailach, ed., Printed Matter: Die Sammlung Marzona in der Kunstbibliothek (2005). More
Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 73, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.
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—. Reboundings: an essay by Daniel Buren, followed by 7 plates and 7 diagrams. Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 77, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.
The scarce French and English editions of Buren’s polemical text, both printed in editions of 530 copies; both in excellent condition. The artist was driven to write this as a pointed critique of museums and curators five years after the controversy surrounding his contribution to... More
![Item ID: 6543 Manuscript on paper entitled on upper cover: “Taux des fruits du Baillage [sic]...](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6543.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1551724055)
59 leaves, enumerating the names of grapes, cereal crops, and oils and their prices for nearly two centuries. Small folio (273 x 178 mm.), 18th-cent. vellum over boards (tail of spine defective), two (of four) ties lacking. Burgundy: 1622-1792.
A fascinating and rare survival, which details the precipitous rise in the prices of Burgundian wine and the emergence of a hierarchy among regions and vintages over a 170-year period. This document, consisting of three gatherings (28; 28; 3 leaves), bound together and written in several legible hands, provides a wealth of information on grain harvests in the region, which varied... More
42 photographic plates pasted-on & poster laid-in. Unpaginated. Large 8vo, orig. boards & orig. printed dust-jacket, perfect-bound. London: The British Council, 2001.
Scarce catalogue for the British Council’s exhibition of artists’ multiples. It begins with an insightful survey of the medium by Bury, then Head of the Modern English division at the British Library. Many of the items exhibited are illustrated, and there is a check-list at the end of the catalogue. The contents of the exhibition were selected by Diana Eccles, Brett Rogers, and Sarah Staton.
A handsomely designed and important catalogue, in fine condition (slightly warped due to... More
Engraved title & several engravings & numerous woodcuts in the text. 8 p.l., 412, [12] pp. Folio, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards (minor worming towards end), spine gilt, black leather lettering piece on spine. Ferrara: F. Succius, 1629.
First edition, Jesuit issue, and a very fine copy. “Perhaps the most significant discovery of the century following Gilbert was that of electrical repulsion. This effect seems first to have been noticed incidentally by Cabeus, who, in his Philosophia Magnetica (1629), describes how filings attracted by excited amber sometimes recoiled to a distance of several inches after making contact.”–Wolf, A History of... More
Woodcut royal arms on title. 1 p.l., 34 pp. Small folio, cont. French red morocco, panelled in gilt in the style of the “cabinet du Roi,” gilt arms & ciphers [Olivier 2495 fer 2] on covers, with ciphers on spine, a.e.g. Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1743.
First edition and very uncommon. This catalogue, the splendid Han Fürstenberg — Otto Schäfer — Jacques Bemberg copy, lists the plates made of the collections of the king, including paintings, medals, royal chateaux, fountains, grottoes, statues, busts, tapestries, and jewels, along with records of festivals, entrances, battles, etc., etc.
“Colbert, understanding that engraving was... More
Printed on one side. Fine paper card. Torino: Gian Enzo Sperone, 1975.
Invitation card for Cadere’s only solo exhibition with Gian Enzo Sperone. The card text states that the artist will present his work in several homes in Torino and then at the gallery on 14 October at 7 P.M.
In fine condition.
❧ A. Minola, ed., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino-Roma-New York, 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America (2000), Vol. II, pp. 260 (photograph of Cadere and his work) & 493. More
Printed on one side. Perforated card, right portion lacking. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1975.
Invitation card to Cadere’s solo debut with Yvon Lambert. The text explains that the right side (“volet droit”) of the perforation was to be given to attendees by Cadere himself, a possible inducement to attend the exhibition?
In fine condition.
❧ S. Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 372. More
Six folding engraved plates. cc, 448 pp.; 560 pp.; 726 pp.; 607 pp. Four vols. 8vo, cont. tree calf (tips of several corners a bit worn), flat spines richly gilt with green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Chaignieau, 1803.
First edition of the first chemical dictionary to be published after the discoveries of Lavoisier. “As a scientist Cadet is noteworthy for his part in the diffusion and popularization of the new Chemistry rather than for any specific discovery. His most important work, the four-volume Dictionnaire de Chimie, published in 1803 and dedicated to Fourcroy, replaced the old chemical dictionary... More