21. Batselier, Dom Pieter / Callender, Elsie (trans.)

Saint Benedict – Father of Western Civilization.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1981, 26 cm x 33 cm. 476 pages. 476 beautiful mononchrome and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition also.

22. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Göbel, E. F. [C. Jäger].

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827).

Stunning, original 19th century Gouache of Beethoven by E.F. Göbel; after a painting of Beethoven by Carl Jaeger (1833-1887), which is now in the possession of the Library of Congress. Germany, 1897. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Gouache: 53 cm x 65 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 48 cm x 34,5 cm. Outer margins slightly frayed only. Extraordinary 19th century painting with fresh impression of the signature-face of this timeless composer.

23. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

24. Benetton, Simon / Moderna, Galleria Civica d’Arte (Editor).

Simon Benetton – L’Immagine plastica come idea architettonica / A Plastic Image as architectonical Idea. [SIGNED / INSCRIBED] 1 Aprile – 6 Maggio 1984, Comune d Ferrara. Assessorato Istituzioni Culturali, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti Ferrara, Sala d’Arte “Benvenuto Tisi”.

O.O., o.V., 1984. 8°. 95 Pages. Original Softcover (titled, illustrated). Beautifully inscribed and signed by Simon Benetton in Italian on front free endpaper.

25. Bennett, Tom.

Bennett. March 1991 Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts / April 1991 Bank of Ireland.

Bilingual: English / Deutsch. Berlin, Gallerie Pels-Leusden, 1991. 30 cm x 24 cm. 16 seiten. With 12 colour plates. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by Tom Bennett

26. Beroepsorganisatie Nederlandse Ontwerpers BNO.

Industrieel Ontwerp – Industrial Design / Nederlands Ontwerp – Dutch Design 2000.

Bilingual: Nederlands / English. Set van 7 volumes / Soft of 7 volumes (complete set). Amsterdam, BIS Publishers, 2000. 30 cm x 24 cm. Volume I: 86 pagina’s / pages, Volume II: 486 pagina’s / pages, Volume III: 128 pagina’s / pages, Volume IV: 77 pagina’s / pages, Volume V: 55 pagina’s / pages, Volume VI: 117 pagina’s / pages, Volume VII: 95 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Komt met box / Comes in presentation slipcase. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

27. Besset, Maurice et al.

L’Italie & L’Allemagne / Nouvelles Sensibilites – Nouveaux Marches. [Gravures de Chia, Paladino, Cucchi, Clemente, Baselitz, Penck, Lüpertz, Immendorff. Prostfaces de Maurice Besset, Peter Blum, Johannes Gachnang, Nancy Gillespie, Sabine Kunst, Rainer Michael Mason, Claude Ritschard, Fulvio Salvadori].

Geneva, Cabinet des estampes Musee d’art et d’histoire, 1983. 22 x 27,5 cm. 158 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Fantastic publication with multicolour see-through pages before each artists section.

28. Bignamini, Ilaria / Hornsby, Clare.

Digging and Dealing in Eighteenth-Century Rome. Ilaria Bignamini and Clare Hornsby with Additional Research by Irma Della Giovampaola and Jonathan Yarker.

Two Volumes (complete set). New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2010. Quarto (22 cm wide x 27.5 cm high). Volume I: XXIV, 408 pages with illustrations throughout / Volume II: 214 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjackets in the original slipcase. Unusually Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear. [Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art: Volumes 1 and 2].

29. Billeter, Fritz.

Outside. Streiflichter auf die moderne Schweizer Kunst: Enthält unter anderem die folgenden Kapitel: Fritz Billeter: Was ist unter Outside zu verstehen? Vom Elend der Künstler in unserer Zeit; Einzeldarstellungen: Alfred Bernegger, Martin Bruggmann, Eugen Jordi, Friedrich Kuhn, Annemarie von Matt, Robert Strübin, Hanns Robert Welti, Walter Kurt Wiemken etc. Mit Beiträgen von Michel Thevoz und Heiny Widmer.

Erste Auflage. Zürich, ABC Verlag, 1980. 22 x 29 cm. 152 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe im originalen Schutzumschlag. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. Selten !

30. Black, Eileen.

Through The Salerooms – Art Auctions in Belfast, 1807-1888.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2022. Quarto (21.8 cm wide x 29.4 cm high). XXI, 424 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.