99, [1] p. Small 8vo (160 x 107), cont. calf (joints a little worn), red morocco lettering-piece on spine, spine gilt. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1754.

First edition of this uncommon book, which contains an essential lecture given by Blondel at the opening session of the fifth Cours Publique in his independent Ecole des Arts. This school was founded in 1743, and was able to provide an exhaustive curriculum to a larger and more diverse audience than the Académie. Leading figures of the neo-classical such as Chambers, Patte, Wailly, Desprez, Boullée, and Ledoux all took classes at the school.

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Printed on one side. Card with orig. mailing envelope. Berlin: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2012.

Announcement card for Brouwn’s 2012-13 show with Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine.

❧ Konrad Fischer Galerie: 2007-2017 (2017) 493. More

Printed on both sides. Card with orig. mailing envelope. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 2021.

Announcement card for Brouwn’s 2021 exhibition at Konrad Fischer Galerie. Fine. More

Single sheet, printed on both sides. Amsterdam: Museum Fodor, 1980.

Flyer for Brouwn’s 1980 exhibition at the Museum Fodor in Amsterdam. From the text on the reverse (in trans.): “during a period of three weeks (from 29-1 – 18-2-80) stanley brouwn measured the length of x steps and y meters from day to day…”

In fine condition.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

[12] leaves. 4to (219 x 180 mm.), printed wrappers, staple-bound. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1977.

Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) exhibition catalogue/artist’s book published for his solo exhibition at Whitechapel; edition of 1000 copies and printed by Westerham Press. The measurements in the catalogue fluctuate between “1000 mm + 876 mm” and “1000 mm + 884 mm.”

Near fine.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

19 sheets, printed on both sides, stapled. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, [1976].

A scarce exhibition check-list for Brouwn’s 1976 solo exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum. All 270 works that were displayed are listed here, as in the exhibition catalogue published the same year. Each work is concisely described in Dutch.

Near fine; small tear to the final sheet.

❧ Harry Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn: a chronology (2nd ed.: 2005). More

Line illus. throughout. [104] pp. Square 4to (156 x 161 mm.), printed white softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Gallery MTL, 1975.

Scarce Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) artist’s book, published by Fernand Spillemaeckers’s MTL gallery in Brussels in an edition of 250 copies. This was the second book that the artist made with the gallery, the first was one step 1x-100x (1971). In this one there are 100 pages with ten vertical lines and “1000 mm” printed above, which in total amounts to the titular measurement.

A near fine copy; faint sunning to the covers.

❧ H. Ruhé, ed., stanley brouwn... More

1 Eindhoven foot of gray plastic tube & a tall printed sheet (422 x 152 mm.) with a vertical line representing 1 Eindhoven foot and text. Eindhoven: 2005.

Rare Stanley Brouwn (1935-2017) multiple, it was available for purchase at a local hardware store, De Spijker, for the duration of the artist’s 2005 show at the Van Abbemuseum (22 January-17 April 2005).

From the printed sheet: “*one of the old dutch linear measurements, varying in length from those of other cities, as was customary for the time…

“1 m: in 1821 the kingdom of the netherlands was the first nation in... More

[96] pp. Square 4to (155 x 155 mm.), printed semi-stiff covers. Berlin: Wiens Verlag, 2013.

One of the artist’s last books, published in conjunction with a 2012 exhibition at the haubrok foundation; edition of 500 copies. The book is a transcription of part of the 1851 book Taschenbuch der Münz-. Maass- ind Gewichtsverhältnisse by Christian and Friedrich Noback which standardized European measurements, exchange rates, and weights.

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250 illus. Large 4to, orig. cloth, dust-jacket. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, [1983].

First edition of this important book and now rare. This copy signed by the author. Composed in Monotype Bembo, the book was exquisitely printed by The Meriden Gravure Company. Preserved in its original shipping mailer.

“A classic reference. The overall intention and power of the book is stunning.”–Optical Engineering.

“A visual Strunk and White.”–Boston Globe.

“Original, beautifully presented, sharp and learned, a work of art. The art here is cognitive art, the graphic display of relations and empirical data, now an indispensable tool of science and engineering.”–Scientific American.

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