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1862. Bascom, John. Aesthetics; or, the Science of Beauty. Boston: Crosby and Nichols 1862. vii, 256p, no ills. Good sturdy hardcover (ex-lib. with usual marks, covers stained). Original brown textured cloth. ** Chapters on the identification and cultivation of taste and beauty in general, and in landscape gardening, architecture, sculpture..... More
1890. Chevreul, M.E. The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts. London: Bell 1890. 3rd ed. (Bohn's Scientific Library) xlvi, 465p + 12p of publisher's catalogue + 15 color pls., 1 overlay, 3 folding monochromatic pls. Good hardcover (covers soiled and faded, front hinge..... More
1857. Cousin, M.V. Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. Increased by an Appendix on French Art. NY: Appleton 1857. Trans. by O.W. Wight. 391p. Fair (cover wear; marginal stains and foxing); more details on request. ** Based on Cousin's lectures on aesthetic and moral philosophy in Paris..... More
1899. Hoyt, Deristhe L. Barbara's Heritage: Or Young Americans among the Old Italian Masters. Boston: W.A. Wilde 1899. 358p + several pls. of artworks, and many black-and-white ills. by Homer W. Colby of sites in Italy. Good hardcover (red cloth, with vignette of Venice stamped in gilt; spine lightly faded)..... More
1956. Lemaitre, Maurice. La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique. Paris: Caracteres 1956. 68p, several line ills. + 2 double-page halftone pls. Very good paperbound (covers lightly shelfsoiled). One of 500 copies of the regular edition. In French. ** On writing systems and graphic expressions of hypertexts, by a leading practitioner and..... More
1905. Lichtwark, Alfred. Palastfenster und Flugeltur. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer 1905. 3rd ed. 203p, no ills. Very good hardcover (paper over boards, stamped in gilt); small smudge to front cover. Front hinge exposed but binding very sound. In German. ** Based on a series of lectures on modern art and "the..... More
1975. Merhav, Rivka. Painted Greek Vases: An Exercise in Observation. Jerusalem: Israel Museum 1975. 21, 30p, many line ills. in red and black, and photos. Very good paperbound. In English and Hebrew. ** Introduction to principles of composition and how to "read" black-figure, red-figure, and Corinthian vase painting. Can be..... More
1998. Quaritch, Bernard. The Science of Art: Optics, Perspective, Colour (Catalogue 1250). London 1998. 94p, many line ills. + several color pls. Very good paperbound (slight external handling wear). ** Bookseller's catalogue of 88 extraordinary European and British books of the 15th-19th centuries: Alberti, Durer, Chevreul, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Fosse..... More
