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
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
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 (slight cover spotting; no d.j., if issued?). ** Detailed guide to preparing and presenting Missionary Society exhibitions for western..... More
Chamberlain, John. Judd, Don, et al. The Chinati Foundation / La Fundacion Chinati. Zurich: Bodmer + Weber 1987. N.p., many photos and line ills., some in color. Good paperbound (cover wear, soil). In English and Spanish. One of 3500 copies. ** Introduction to the collection of, and plans for, this..... More
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
1978. Robertson, David. Sir Charles Eastlake and the Victorian Art World. Princeton University Press 1978. xvii, 468p, 202 b&w ills. + 2 color pls. Very good hardcover (front endpaper creased) in very good d.j. (small edge tears). ** Very comprehensive life of this remarkable man--painter, scholar, private collector, and notably..... More
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
