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Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2014

Primo Copy Of Piranese's Imaginary Prisons $270,000-$400,000 At Christie's

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by Stephen J. Gertz "I need to produce great ideas, and I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would b...
Monday, November 11, 2013

The Bible Of Unconscious Buffoonery

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by Stephen J. Gertz Extra engraved titlepage. Imagine that you've written a book that no one will publish; it's considered o...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Seven More Stunning Modernist Posters

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by Stephen J. Gertz More from Swann Galleries' Modernist Posters sale, held yesterday. James Harley Minter designed this pos...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

What To Expect When You're Done Expecting: Dr. Spock in 1577

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By Stephen J. Gertz Safety Helmet. It's in Latin, so it's not quite what you want to have on the nightstand when your baby or ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

How To Dance The Tarantella, In Scarce Lithographs (Cue The Godfather Theme)

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By Stephen J. Gertz Poor  "Frankie Five Angels" Pentangeli. He schleps all the way from New York to the Corleone estate in Neva...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Magnificent 15th C. Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript Estimated $540K - $800K

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By Stephen J. Gertz Cantor pointing to The Book of Life, opening Yom Kippur. A mahzor, or Jewish holiday prayerbook, an illuminated ma...
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Five Great 20th Century Bindings

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by Stephen J. Gertz Five exquisite bindings recently jumped out of a rare book dealer's catalog, grabbed my eyes and wouldn't let ...
Friday, February 4, 2011

Italian Big Cheeses At Home In L.A.

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By Nancy Mattoon Parisani d'Ascoli coat of arms (1747), From the Bourbon Family Archive. (All Images Courtesy of UCLA Library Special Co...