A Collection of Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of France, in Upwards of Three Hundred Large Folio Copper Plates. ... Representing ... the Kings, Queens, ... First Collected and Publish'd in France, by that Very Learned Antiquary Bernard de Montfaucon, and Now Printed with an Historical Explanation of the Several Plates in English. In Two Volumes. ...

A Collection of Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of France, in Upwards of Three Hundred Large Folio Copper Plates. ... Representing ... the Kings, Queens, ... First Collected and Publish'd in France, by that Very Learned Antiquary Bernard de Montfaucon, and Now Printed with an Historical Explanation of the Several Plates in English. In Two Volumes. ...
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Synopsis A Collection of Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of France, in Upwards of Three Hundred Large Folio Copper Plates. ... Representing ... the Kings, Queens, ... First Collected and Publish'd in France, by that Very Learned Antiquary Bernard de Montfaucon, and Now Printed with an Historical Explanation of the Several Plates in English. In Two Volumes. ... by : Bernard de Montfaucon

Curiosities of Literature

Curiosities of Literature
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Total Pages : 574
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B3572651
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Synopsis Curiosities of Literature by : Isaac Disraeli

A History of the Art of Bookbinding

A History of the Art of Bookbinding
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Publisher : London : Elliot Stock
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:C3091331
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Synopsis A History of the Art of Bookbinding by : William Salt Brassington

Illuminated Manuscripts

Illuminated Manuscripts
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Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : CHI:19687371
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Synopsis Illuminated Manuscripts by : John William Bradley

Friedrich Gilly

Friedrich Gilly
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780892362806
ISBN-13 : 0892362804
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Synopsis Friedrich Gilly by : Friedrich Gilly

When Friedrich Gilly died in 1800 at age twenty-eight, his architectural career had spanned less than a decade and construction of his major designs was incomplete. Nevertheless, his ideas so strongly influenced Berlin architecture of the next century that he is now widely regarded as the founder of Berlin's distinct architectural tradition. By uniting Rationalist and Neoclassicist principles, his designs achieve an artistic expression that is at once visually dramatic and formally pure. Today, his theories are known primarily through the work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, his student who became one of Berlin's primary modern architects. In addition to presenting five of Gilly's most influential essays, this volume contains previously unpublished archival records that clarify the intellectual context in which Gilly developed his thoughts on architecture. A catalog of Gilly’s personal library is especially illuminating.

Set in Stone

Set in Stone
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781588391926
ISBN-13 : 1588391922
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Synopsis Set in Stone by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century

Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century
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Publisher : Philadelphia Museum (PA)
Total Pages : 632
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Synopsis Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century by : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

"Caught between the Theatricality of the Baroque and the acute sensibility of Romanticism, art in Rome in the eighteenth century has long been a neglected area of study." "The grand scale and spectacular diversity of the period are comprehensively captured for the first time in this definitive history of the period, produced to accompany a major U.S. exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and documenting the work of over 150 artists. With over 450 illustrations, and texts by an outstanding array of experts from around the world, Art in Rome in the Eighteenth Century provides a massively authoritative survey of a fascinating era."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Wonders in the Sky

Wonders in the Sky
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 426
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Synopsis Wonders in the Sky by : Jacques Vallee

One of the most ambitious works of paranormal investigation of our time, here is an unprecedented compendium of pre-twentieth-century UFO accounts, written with rigor and color by two of today's leading investigators of unexplained phenomena. In the past century, individuals, newspapers, and military agencies have recorded thousands of UFO incidents, giving rise to much speculation about flying saucers, visitors from other planets, and alien abductions. Yet the extraterrestrial phenomenon did not begin in the present era. Far from it. The authors of Wonders in the Sky reveal a thread of vividly rendered-and sometimes strikingly similar- reports of mysterious aerial phenomena from antiquity through the modern age. These accounts often share definite physical features- such as the heat felt and described by witnesses-that have not changed much over the centuries. Indeed, such similarities between ancient and modern sightings are the rule rather than the exception. In Wonders in the Sky, respected researchers Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck examine more than 500 selected reports of sightings from biblical-age antiquity through the year 1879-the point at which the Industrial Revolution deeply changed the nature of human society, and the skies began to open to airplanes, dirigibles, rockets, and other opportunities for misinterpretation represented by military prototypes. Using vivid and engaging case studies, and more than seventy-five illustrations, they reveal that unidentified flying objects have had a major impact not only on popular culture but on our history, on our religion, and on the models of the world humanity has formed from deepest antiquity. Sure to become a classic among UFO enthusiasts and other followers of unexplained phenomena, Wonders in the Sky is the most ambitious, broad-reaching, and intelligent analysis ever written on premodern aerial mysteries.