![Catalogue of the Library of B.H. Brennan [S.R. Koehler's marked copy]. Bangs, NY Co](/images/noimage.png)
1885. Bangs & Co., NY. Catalogue of the Library of B.H. Brennan, Esq., of Charlottesville, Va. [S.R. Koehler's marked copy]. 1885. 98p, decorative devices throughout. 832 lots of books, 246 lots of engravings and etchings. Fair paperbound (spine and covers chipped, old library label on front cover). ** Auction catalogue... More about Catalogue of the Library of B.H. Brennan [S.R. Koehler's marked copy
1861. Bouillet, J.-B. Musee de Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome). Clermont: Typographie de Paul Hubler 1861. 212p, no ills. Fair paperbound: institutional library discard, minimally marked. Covers detached, stitching loosening. Housed in card-stock folder. ** First edition of this guide to the recently established provincial museum in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Short introduction, list of... More about Musee de Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome
1911. Donath, Adolph. Psychologie des Kunstsammelns. Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt 1911. (Bibliothek fur Kunst- und Antiquitatensammler, 9) 156p, 188p, 50 ills. + 20p of ads (chiefly art and antique dealers). Good hardcover (covers smudged); no d.j. Half-title page beginning to separate. ** First edition of this early study of collecting... More about Psychologie des Kunstsammelns
1974. Ebert, John and Katherine. Old American Prints for Collectors. NY: Scribner 1974. 277p, many ills. + several color pls. Good clean hardcover in good shelfworn d.j. (closed tear to rear). ** Informative, well-illustrated introduction to the field; includes related images such as trade cards and other ephemera. More about Old American Prints for Collectors
1899. Fison, Charles F., and Hubert G. Malaher, eds. A Manual for Stewards at Missionary Loan Exhibitions. London: Church Missionary Society 1899. 136p, many photos and line ills. Very good hardcover (no d.j., if issued?). ** Detailed guide to the display and description of artifacts and living arrangements of the... More about A Manual for Stewards at Missionary Loan Exhibitions
1978. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. L'Art du connoisseur / The Art of Connoisseurship. Exhibition catalogue, 1978. 143p, many ills. Texts by Myra Nan Rosenfield and others. Good paperbound. Text in French and English. ** "The purpose of this exhibition is to show the general public the different methods of... More about L'Art du Connoisseur / The Art of Connoisseurship
1976. Rudenstine, Angelica Zander. The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945. NY: Guggenheim Museum 1976. 2 vols., totaling over 700p, over 250 b&w ills. Very good hardcover (edges shelf rubbed; short scrape to one front cover), in poor original glassine d.j. ** Meticulous and important catalogue of the Guggenheim's paintings from... More about The Guggenheim Museum Collection: Paintings 1880-1945
1995. Thomas, Anabel. The Painter's Practice in Renaissance Tuscany. Cambridge University Press 1995. 398p, over 90 ills. + 16 color pls. Very good paperbound (lightly read). ** "Presents a detailed picture of the commissioning, production and marketing of paintings, [such as] the way in which the painter and his business... More about The Painter's Practice in Renaissance Tuscany
1947. Wheeler, Monroe; Ruth Olson; et al. The Questioning Public. NY: Museum of Modern Art Bulletin (vol. XV, no. 1, Fall 1947). 20p, several photos. Fair paperbound. Ex-lib., with stamps on front cover only. Short split at base of spine. ** Interesting look at MOMA audiences, their makeup, and their... More about The Questioning Public
1975. Zigrosser, Carl. A World of Art and Museums. Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1975. 309p. Good hardcover (covers splayed, as often) in good d.j. ** Autobiography of the longtime curator of prints and drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, plus profiles of colleagues and artists. (Published at 20.00). More about A World of Art and Museums
