Lewis Gruner (29 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book showcases Italian architecture from the 11th to the 16th centuries, presenting a comprehensive look at the era's terracotta buildings in cities throughout Northern Italy. The author delves into the history of terracotta's use in construction and the techniques employed by Italian artisans to achieve remarkable durability and aesthetic appeal. Laced with insights into the broader historical and cultural context, the book examines the development of terracotta architecture, showcasing notable examples like the famous Certosa di Pavia and the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine. Through illustrations and detailed descriptions, the author highlights the artistic and technical achievements of the period, exploring the rich ornamentation, intricate facades, and innovative structural solutions that characterized these architectural wonders. The book concludes by emphasizing the enduring legacy of Italian terracotta architecture, which continues to inspire contemporary architects and designers. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. folio, 40cm x 30cm, rebound in modern green cloth with original printed upper cover pasted down, gilt lettering to spine, ;pps. title, mounted lithographic frontispiece portrait of Melchior Dinglinger , 3 pages introductory text, 24 full-dpage mounted chromolithographs and 4 mounted copper-engraved plates, accompanying text page to each plate; CONDITION:wear to original (pasted down ) front cover with a small stain to bottom margin; small, inoffensive (nearly invisible) blind stamp to lower right corner of plates - else, plates and text in perfect condition. first catalogue of the famous DRESDEN treasures.

Calf Bound. Condition: Very Good. Federigo Lose (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, folio, original publisher's quarter calf with gilt decorated front board, marbled endpapers. viii., 48 plates, including 32 chromolithographs and one albumen print, with accompanying text, b/w in-text illustrations. Rubbing to extremities, small tears and chips to spine end, bookseller label to front pastedown, ownership signature of J Henry Middleton (archaeologist and museum director) to front endpaper. perished gutta-percha, with some loose gatherings, spotting throughout, mainly to margins, not tipped-in images, some offsetting from plates. 395mm. x 320mm. [837].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unpaginated. Frontispiece and 9 color chromolithographed plates plus 47 b&w engraved plates. Half leather over red marbled boards. There is some rubbing to the bands. Some light foxing.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 34. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1850 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 34.

In-folio d'un titre, 1 fac-similé de dédicace, 3 pages d'introduction (en anglais) et 15 planches volantes dessinées et gravées par l'auteur, sur Chine collé, représentant une vue d'ensemble de la coupole et les caryatides. Bon état intérieur. Quelques pâles et fines rousseurs en marge. Portefeuille en percaline bleue d'éditeur, titre doré sur le plat. Bon état.

Hardcover. Marbled and 3/4 leather boards with gilt spine lettering and 5 raised bands on spine. xvi, 72 pp. 4 leaves of plates. Illustrations. Contents: On the Arabesque of the Ancients as Compared with Those of Raphael and his School; The Vatican; Villa Madama; Palazzo Farnese (Alla Lungara); Villa Lante; Palazzo Del T, In Mantua; The Ducal Palace in Mantua; La Camera Di San Paolo, at Parma; Palazzo Martinengo, in Brescia; The Certosa, Near Pavia; The Vestibule of the Certosa; Church and Monastery of St. Maurizio, at Milan; Library of the Cathedral of Siena; The Ceiling of The Choir in Sta. Ma. Del Popolo in Rome. Includes errata. VG- moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards. minor interior discoloration.

Condition: Buono (Good). 0. In-folio, carte [4] + 31 tavole in cromolitografia, num.1-30 ( la tav.11 è seguita dalla 11.a). Legatura in marocchino rosso coevo, dorso un po' liso e fioriture sparse. Buon esemplare. Book.

Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, unpaginated. In Good minus condition. Bound in half green leather and green cloth boards with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Rubbing and wear to edges and corners of boards, hinges, and head and tail of spine. Scuffing to spine and boards. Staining to boards. Torn paper adhered to front board. Edges of textblock gilt, lightly worn. With marbled endpapers. Torn paper adhered to front pastedown. Front free endpapers and frontispiece detached but present. Penciling to verso of front free endpaper. Age toning and foxing with staining to bottom corners throughout textblock. Dirt scattered throughout textblock. Features 28 plates in color and black and white. Shelved in Room A Oversized. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378823. Special Collections.

Sm., 4to., First Edition [Sole Edition], with 20 fine chromolithographed plates FINISHED BY HAND, illuminated borders and initials, some moderate spotting throughout; contemporary paper mache boards BY HAYDAY, elaborately blocked in blind and lettered in gilt, back with four raised bands, bevelled boards, doublures ruled in blind, gilt edges, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a very good, firm copy. The binding is signed on front paste-down. 'This book was completed for Longman Brown Green and Longmans the last day of October at the Studio of Lewis Gruner in the Year of our Lord 1847'. The plates by Humphreys are illuminated by Gruner, 'and probably printed in the establishment of Owen Jones, whose style the illuminations resemble' (McLean: Victorian Book Design, p.92).

Half leather. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Frontispiece and 9 color plates (illustrator). New Edition. London, UK: Thomas McLean. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1854. New Edition. Half leather. 56 plates total (frontispiece and 9 are in color); chromolithographs . Elephant Folio, Unpaginated, front cover is loose, some foxing on title page, less foxing throughout text block, contents page has tape, no tissue guards .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Large elephant folio hardcover volume 25 by 19.5 inches. Red leather with gold embossing and great marbleized boards. Spine good and boards very tight. The leather corners on the back board have been redone to match. The matching marble end papers are not marked and in very good condition. The contents are tight and in amazing condition for a book this large.All 47 black and white engravings and the 9 chromo tissue guarded plates are fine with no faults or tears. There are 19 text pages. A wonderful survivor of the art of the book binder.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. 20 lbs Color Illustrations; Atlas vol only. Lg folio, contemp cloth; scuffed. With 80 litho & chromolitho plates. Light to occasionally moderate foxing throughout. Without the 4to text vol by Emil Braun. 20" x 25.5".

Leather. Condition: Good. Lewis Gruner (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first edition copy of this impressive study on ornamental art of the classical style, a beautiful work illustrated with chromolithographs. The first edition.A scarce work.An impressive work looking at ornamental art from the Classical epoch.Illustrated with forty-nine chromolithograph plates, and thirty-one monochrome plates.Collated, complete.Compiled by Lewis Gruner and Emil Braun, this work was intended to provide examples of classical designs and ornament for the industry.This work is considered to be the finest example of polychromatic plates of its time.Lewis Gruner, also known as Ludwig, was Prince Albert's trusted advisor on art and design. In particular he helped in the details of the Crystal Palace.The text is by Emil Braun, a German archaeologist. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the boards. Bumping to the extremities, with some loss and lifting of the leather. Leather is discoloured with some light marks, and a few lighter marks to the boards. Patches of loss of paper, mostly to the head of the front board. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the recto of the front endpaper. Tape repair to the verso of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with spotting, and a tidemark to the textblock, including to the plates. Tape repair to the verso of the title page. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: vg- to fine. First edition. Double Elephant Folio (25 1/2 x 20 1/4"). (2) 80 plates. Original red three-quarter leather over marbled boards with decorative gilt ruling on covers, gilt lettering, ruling and tooling on spine; raised bands. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page. Bradbury & Evans, Printers extraordinary to the Queen, Whitefriars. With eighty lithographed plates, including forty-nine in chromolithography and seven sepia-toned. Most color plates with additional blank protective guards. First and only edition of this magnificent publication (Brunet II, 1769 - Ornamentale Vorlagenwerke 108. -Pollen I, 738. -"One of the most impressive achievements of Middle-Victorian color printing." (Ruari McLean). "The chromolithographs in Ludwig Gruner's Ornamental art are among the best ever produced in Great Britain. The craftsmanship in this volume is comparable to that of artists like Giotto and Michelangelo" (Birren Collection 207, McLean 120). Gruner was the director of the Dresden Royal Copper Engraving Cabinet. He began studying painting under Klinger in 1815, then went on to Krüger to study copper engraving and went to Milano in 1825 where he continued his studies under Giuseppe Longhi and Pietro Anderloni. He traveled to France, Spain and eventually England. Here the British government commissioned Gruner to put together a book for art schools containing samples of color printing after the most prominent Italian artists. The images presented in this volume include architectural ornaments in part one, doors, vases, candelabras, a cup designed by Hans Hohlbein for Henry VIII., specimen of bookbinding of the 16th century, flowers and fruit, friezes and columns from the Vatican, intarsia, inlaid wood and pavements, Pompeiana in part two, including paintings in the House of the Second Fountain, columns, friezes, murals, church ornaments from the 12th to the 16th century in part three, and palaces with their interior decoration in part four. Text in English. Binding with wear along edges, some scuffing and light fraying at corners and head and tail of spine. Three inch closed tears at top and bottom of front joint. Endpapers, title page, table of contents and first five b/w plates with light foxing. After that foxing diminishes mostly to margins and is hardly affecting b/w images. Color plate images not affected by foxing, except in margins. Protective guard of plate 27 creased. Overall in very good condition, color images in fine condition. [WITH] Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 36pp., 7 plates. Original full red leather with decorative ruling on covers, gilt lettering and ruling on spine. Gilt edges. Marbles endpapers. Blue ribbon marker. "Ornamental Art must be considered as originally the offspring of High Art, though now, in great measure, detached from its parent stock. It is become altogether a new branch, which has a free and independent sphere for its development, and enters into a not unsuccessful rivalry with sculpture and painting, Yielding to them, without dispute, the honours belonging to the more elevated department of historical composition, it surpasses them in regard to its wider range of influence; and, in proportion to the humility of the position which it assumes, does its own peculiar value become more conspicuous." (Preface). The lengthy preface is followed by detailed description of all eighty plates of the main volume. Seven additional plates rendered in b/w lithography at rear. Armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld, Member of Parliament, on inside front cover. Light scuffing along edges, head and tail of spine. Tail end of ribbon marker torn off but present. Binding in very good-, interior in very good+ condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 21pp, with 20 fine, hand-finished chromolithographed plates, illuminated borders and initials. In unusual, elaborately decorated papier mâché boards, leather spine (a little rubbed at spine ends). Gutter Percha binding. All edges gilt. Gilded board edges. Gilded inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Large 12mo. Inscription on half title. Some minor spotting. Beautiful volume, inside and out. The plates by Humphreys are illuminated by Gruner, 'and probably printed in the establishment of Owen Jones, whose style the illuminations resemble' (McLean: Victorian Book Design, p.92). Born in Desden, Lewis (Ludwig) Gruner (1801-1882) was Prince Albert's trusted adviser on art and design, for instance on the details of the Crystal Palace, and on potential acquisitions for the newly-established South Kensington Museum. Gruner was mentor to Owen jones, whose massive book production, influenced the nature of colour plate printing and Victorian book design.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. viii + 48 plates (incl. 32 chromolithographs + one albumen print) after drawings by Federigo Lose. Hardcover, bound in publisher's quarter dark calf over gilt-embossed maroon cloth. A bright attractive copy, the corners rubbed; the last text leaf with an old repair; a slight ripple, some age-toning and occasional, largely marginal blemishes to the text-block.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lose, Federigo (illustrator). First Edition. This magnificent book is in its original binding, with dark greenleather spine withgilt letering and designs at top and base of spine. The front board has gilt lettering and an intricate gilt oval design. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. 48 plates by Federigo Lose, of which 32 are beautiful tipped-in plates, one tipped-in photograph, and plans and details. In wonderful condition.

26 x 35,5 cm. 3 S. Einführung in engl. Sprache von H.W. Schulz, 1 Faksimileblatt, gest. Titelblatt, 15 Kupferstichtafeln nach Raphaels Karyatiden, Leinenmappe mit goldgepr. Deckeltitel. Mappe etw. berieben u. bestoßen, die Textbl. u. 5 Tafeln etw. stockfl., die übrigen Tafeln nahezu fleckenfrei, Titelbl. mit hübschem alten Besitzstempel. Die Blätter sämtlich lose, so dass sie einzeln entnommen werden können. Insges. wohlerhalten. Selten. Erste Ausgabe. * Ludwig Gruner (1801 - 1882) war Kupferstecher und Zeichner sowie Direktor des Dresdner Königlichen Kupferstichkabinetts. In London stand er hoch in der Gunst des Prinzgemahls Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, für den er in den Jahren 1841 bis 1855 tätig war, und der Königin Victoria. Womöglich ist diese Mappe als Privatdruck erschienen.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1850 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 36 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 36 Gruner, Lewis.

London, Paul & Dominic Colnaghi, 1850. In-folio. 3 pp. Introduction and 11 plates, of which one in full colour. In leaves. Some foxing mainly in the margins. Together kept in a linen portfolio.

578 x 406 mm. (22 3/4 x 16"). 4 p.l. (comprising an engraved title page, printed dedication, preface, and list of plates); xvi, 76 pp. (all of the text in the second work inlaid to size). Two related works (a large folio plate volume and a quarto text volume) bound in one volume. Decorative contemporary dark brown half morocco, marbled paper sides, broad decorated raised bands, spine elaborately gilt in compartments featuring a very large and complex lozenge composed of antique tools as well as large scrolling cornerpieces, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (joints possibly, but not certainly, with very expert repairs). First work with illustrated title page and 56 LARGE-FOLIO PLATES, NINE OF THEM ATTRACTIVE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS, original tissue guards. Avery Architectural Library, p. 414 (citing the edition of 1844). Corners and portions of the board rather rubbed and chafed, some occasional light foxing and other trivial imperfections internally, but still quite an attractive copy, the text and plates clean and pleasing, the binding completely solid, with joints only slightly worn and the spine quite well preserved. This volume combines a visual survey of major decorative art of the Italian Renaissance with a scholarly account of the same, the latter text published in quarto and here inlaid to the giant folio size of the plate volume. The plates picture some of the best wall decorations and architectural elements of palaces and churches constructed in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries. Works of Raphael in Rome are featured here, in particular the decoration of the loggias of the papal apartments at the Vatican and of the Villa Madama. The three chromolithographs of the loggias are little short of magnificent. Also included are the wall treatments of the Ducal Palace and Palazzo Te, both in Mantua, by Raphael's pupil, the mannerist painter Giulio Romano. Among churches, pride of place is given to the elaborately decorated Carthusian monastery, the Certosa of Pavia, by Ambrogio da Fassano and others. The plates are, for the most part, adapted from the work of two German architects, Thürmer and Gutensohn, executed two decades previously, and completed and explicated by Gruner. The final two plates display in brilliant color many small sections of the previous black and white plates, the idea being that purchasers should try their hands at coloring, using this elaborate and colorful chart as a guide (an early owner seems to have made a tentative effort in that direction, with some success, in plates 20 and 44). Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Gruner (1801-81) was an art historian specializing in the Italian Renaissance and a designer of great houses, gardens, and furniture, who came to England to advise Prince Albert, the German consort of Queen Victoria, on his decorative projects. The second part of the present volume contains an essay comparing Roman and Renaissance wall painting. Its author, called J. J. Hittorff on the title page, was Jacques Ignace Hittorff (1792-1867), an architect and archaeologist, and the first person to argue that ancient statuary had been brightly colored. New Edition, "largely augmented by numerous plates, plain and colored.".

GRUNER, Lewis (editor). THE TERRA-COTTA ARCHITECTURE OF NORTH ITALY. London: John Murray, 1867. Folio. Publisher's quarter-leather. Top edge gilt viii, 48 plates with accompanying text. First edition. Featuring thirty-seven color and eleven monochromatic plates, all from carefu drawings by Federigo Lose. The chromolithographic plates are stunning and sophisticated in their use of color to depict architectural details. The text quite detailed, making this volume more than a color plate book. The covers a bright but lightly rubbed. There is some off-printing from the plates, as usu Scarce.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1850 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 34 Language: English Pages: 34.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2024, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1874. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages: - 219, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 219 219.