Important 18th Century Fashion Catalogs & Reference Books (3)

1) Storobinski. Revolution in Fashion, 1715-1815 (1989); 2) Maeder. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century (1983); and 3)Saint-Aubin. Art of the Embroiderer (1983).

Group Lot 3 Fashion Books, lot includes ‘Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries’ ‘The Kim Hargreaves Collection’ ‘Extending the Runway Tatiana Sorokko Style’, all are ha

Also includes Mid Century Modern furniture catalog. IMPORTANT: Before bidding, please read the terms and conditions. When you registered for the auction you agreed to these terms and will be required

1) Corson. Fashions in Hair (1965); 2) The Wigmaker in Eighteenth Century Williamsburg (1979); and 3) Cunnington. The History of Underclothes (1981).  

Also includes 15th to 18th Century European Drawings in the Robert Lehman Collection, and European War Prints, 1500-1825. MEG IMPORTANT: Before bidding, please read the terms and conditions. When you

1748 George Anson World Voyage 3 HUGE MAPS Spain South America Sea Navigation George Anson was an 18th-century British Navy admiral who is noted for his important world voyage in which he circumnaviga

3 books on Mid Century Modern design: 1. An Exhibition for Modern Living, 1949, Detroit Institute of Arts, exhibition catalog edited by Alexander Girard, plastic comb binding, a scarce and important c

1758 De Luca Commentary on Catholic Clergy POPES Pensions Ecclesiastical LAW Huge Folio A rare and important 18th-century book on the Catholic Church and papacy by Giovanni Battista de Luca. In this b

Famous Icons 12th to 18th Centuries Illustrated Art & Reference Book. Large size : 13.5 by 11". Text in English. Printed in Belgrad in 1984. Hard bound w/ dust jacket. Very good condition. Illustrated

Includes: ** A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY, DOCTRINE, AND DISCIPLINE, OF FRIENDS. 5th ed. London, 1794. 8vo, stitched pamphlet. iv, 30, [2, ads] pp. First and last leaf dust-soiled, else VG. ** Fothergill,

Book plate of a woman holding an ewer from the book The Practice Invented by Theory by Johann Daniel Preisler, 19 1/4 X 10 3/4 inches with frame. Howletts, the seat of Isaac Baugh Esq. published April

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THE POETIC WORKS OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WENTWORTH DILLON

18th Century Latin / European Vellum Book Group 3. Titled La Religiousa en Soledad obra en que se expone A las Religiousa 1723 and Ano Virgineo 1733. Larger measures 8 x 6 inches.

An important 18th century Chinese crackleware porcelain censer, 3.13"Hx5.45"x4.75"

3 Books Asian Art: 23 rare Japanese 18th Century Woodblocks on Ikebana Flower Arrangements in unusual Containers now mounted in a paper portfolio, a 1979 portfolio of 8 color prints of landscapes and

3 colour lithographs, France, 18th century, (book illustrations). Depicted in each case are various oriental men in their traditional clothing. All framed behind glass with passepartout (1 x missing t

1781 ISAAC NEWTON Astronomy Cosmology Optics Illustrated Telescopes Philosophia Benjamin Martin was an important 18th-century scholar who compiled dictionaries and encyclopedias, and was best-known fo

1739 RARE 5 Book Lot Pluche Histoire du Ciel Spectacle of Nature Buffon de Sacy A collection of important 18th-century works including works of Antoine Pluche, Leclerc Buffon, and de Sacy’s ‘Histo

1768 VOYAGES John Barrow Columbus Gama Cortez Magellan America Drake 6v John Barrow’s ‘Collection of Voyages’ is an important 18th-century work reporting on the extent of European world voyages

1792 1ed Tourneur FURNITURE Lathe Wood Working Carpentry Machinery ‘Manuel du Tourneur’ by Louis-Georges Salivet is the definitive, most important 18th-century work on the lathe. Also known as Ber

1787 1ed John Hunter on Venereal Disease Surgery French Gonorrhea Urology John Hunter was an important 18th-century Scottish surgeon who played a critical role in the development of the scientific met

1749 Astronomy Cosmology Optics Illustrated Philosophical Grammar Benj Martin Benjamin Martin was an important 18th-century scholar who compiled dictionaries and encyclopedias, and was best-known for

1798 Joshua Reynolds ART of Painting Sculpting Poetry Mythology 3v SET “Imitation is the means, and not the end, of art”– Joshua Reynolds Joshua Reynolds was an important 18th-century English pa