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Dictionaries & Surveys

BALDASSARI, Francesca.

La Pittura del Seicento a Firenze. Indice degli Artisti d delle loro Opere.

Turin. Robilant & Voena. 2009. 30 x 25cm. pp. 766. 90 colour and 460 black & white plates. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

The introductory text is in Italian and English. For each artist there is a short biographical note, a list of their principal works arranged by location or collection, a list of recently auctioned works and a bibliography

£235
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BUCKMAN, David.

Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945.

Bristol. Art Dictionaries Ltd. 2006. 4to. 2 vols pp.xlviii, 1 - 990; xlviii, 991 - 1786. Colour and monochrome illustrations in the advertising supplements. Cloth, dust jackets.

Around 14,500 entries on painters, sculptors, printmakers and performance, installation and video ... (more)

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DELTEIL, Loys.

Le Peintre Graveur illustre.

New York. Da Capo Press. Collectors' Editions. 1969-70. 33 volumes in 32. (vols. 29 and 29b bound in one). Profusely illustrated. Publisher's cloth.

Reprint edition, complete set of the most celebrated series of catalogues raisonnes of European ... (more)

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DUGNAT, Gaite & Pierre Sanchez.

Dictionnaire des Graveurs, Illustrateurs et Affichistes francais et etrangers (1673-1950).

Dijon. 2001. 5 vols. 8vo. pp. 2565 Cloth.

Limited to 500 copies. Dictionary of nearly 10,000 artists - about two thirds of them French - who exhibited in the salons of 20 Societies. The the information has been obtained from 480 catalogues making this the most complete dictionary in its field.

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JOHNSON, J & A Greutzner.

The Dictionary of British Art. British Artists 1880-1940.

Woodbridge. 2008. 4to. pp. 567. Cloth, dust jacket. New.

Lists 41,000 artists.

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LEDOUX-LEBARD, Denise.

Le Mobilier francais du XIXe Siecle. Dictionnaire des ebenistes et des menuisiers, 1795-1889.

Paris. Editions de l'Amateur. 2000. 4to. pp. 700. Illustrated throughout in monochrome and colour. Cloth, dust jacket. Fine.

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LUGT, Frits.

Repertoire des Catalogues de Ventes Publiques. Premiere periode vers 1600-1825

The Hague. Martinus Nijhoff 1938. 4to. pp. xx,496. Cloth. Binding repaired, internally vg.

'Indispensable for ascertaining provenances of works of art and for locating copies of sale catalogues'.

£500
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NAHUM, Peter.

Monograms of Victorian & Edwardian Artists.

Calne. Hilmarton Manor Press. 1976. 8vo. pp. (x), 326. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. New.

Over 4000 facsimiles of monograms of artists, illustrators, craftsmen and architects.

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NAHUM, Peter.

Monograms of Victorian & Edwardian Artists.

Calne. Hilmarton Manor Press. 1976. 8vo. pp. (x), 326. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. New.

Over 4000 facsimiles of monograms of artists, illustrators, craftsmen and architects.

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NAHUM, Peter.

Prices of Victorian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours from the records of Sotheby's Belgravia.

London. 1976. 8vo. Introduction and sales records for 15,000 items. Cloth, dust jacket.

This lists, by artist, date of sale, title, size and price, all the pieces sold at Sotheby's Belgravia which functioned between 1971 and 1975.

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SALONS DE BEAUX-ARTS. Sanchez, Pierre & Xavier Seydoux.

Les Catalogues des Salons. IV. (1841-1845).

Dijon. L'Echelle de Jacob. 2000. Large 8vo. pp.418. Publisher's wrappers.

The original catalogues are reproduced with 4 pages of original to each page of this reprint. With an index of artists exhibited.

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SALONS DE BEAUX-ARTS. Sanchez, Pierre & Xavier Seydoux.

Les Catalogues des Salons.V (1846-1850).

Dijon. L'Echelle de Jacob. 2001. Large 8vo. pp. 487. Publisher's wrappers.

The original catalogues are reproduced with 4 pages of original to each page of this reprint. With an index of artists exhibited.

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SALVERTE, Comte de.

Les Ebenistes du XVIIIe Siecle: Leurs Oeuvres et Leurs Marques.

Paris. F. De Nobele. 1953. 4to. pp. xxiv, 352 72 plates after photographs. Wrappers, uncut.

The fourth edition of this biographical dictionary of European 18th century furniture makers and their marks.

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SIRET, Adolphe.

Dictionnaire Historique des Peintres de toutes les écoles depuis l'origine de la peinture jusqu'a nos jours. Nouvelle édition.

Paris. Paul Daffis. 1874. 2 vols. 4to. pp. 1155. Brown half-morocco with marbled boards, banded spines with gilt decoration preserving original browned wrappers. spines faded.

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STUDIO BIBLIOGRAPHY. Holme, Bryan (Introduction).

The Studio: A bibliography. The first fifty years 1893-1943.

London. Sims & Reed. 1978. 4to. pp. 142. 47 monochrome illustrations. Wrappers.

Covers all the series, annuals and individual publications of The Studio.

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SVERIGES ALLMANNA KONSTFORENINGS. Nos. 1-95 (missing 28, 47 & 90).

Stockholm. 1892-1985. 92 vols 4to. Illustrated throughout with colour in the later issues. Owner's cloth binding, later issues in publisher's cloth.

Major series of publications on Swedish art and artists, mainly covering the art of the 19th and ... (more)

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SVERIGES ALLMANNA KONSTFORENINGS. Nos. 1-95 (missing 28, 47 & 90).

Stockholm. 1892-1985. 92 vols 4to. Illustrated throughout with colour in the later issues. Owner's cloth binding, later issues in publisher's cloth.

Major series of publications on Swedish art and artists, mainly covering the art of the 19th and ... (more)

£950
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The London Art Union Prize Annual. Vol. III.

London. E. Atchley Library of Arts. [1847.] 4to. 129 illustrations on 30 plates printed on recotos only. Rebound in half leather-cloth, with the original gilt title-label laid-down on front board.

Each of the 129 works are listed by title, artist, size and purchase price.

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THORNTON, Lynne.

Les Orientalistes. Peintres voyageurs 1828-1908.

Paris. ACR Edition. 2001. 28.5 x 25.5cm. pp. 300. Colour illustrations throughout. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

£86
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ZAMPETTI, Pietro.

A Dictionary of Venetian Painters. Vols 1- 5. 14th - 20th.Centuries.

Leigh-on-Sea. F. Lewis. 1969-1979. 5 vols. 4to. pp. 112; 143; 72; 113; 72.
With a section of chronologically arranged plates at the end of each volume.
Cloth.

£50
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ref: 38242


Fine Art Reference
Fine Art Reference

The Fine Art Reference section holds an extensive stock of rare, internationally published titles, both in and out of print. We focus on catalogues raisonnés and major monographs of British, American and European artists, covering all media, including paintings, prints, sculpture and drawings. We also stock more general reference books, sale & collections catalogues, and dictionaries & surveys.