David Giles Ancient Art Books Specialists in books on ancient glass Catalogue # 5 www.GilesAncientArt.com 1 [email protected] David Giles Ancient Art Books 34 East Sheen Avenue, London SW148AS. U.K. WWW.GilesAncientArt.Com Email: [email protected] Fax: 44 (0)20 8878 9201 & At Biblion, Davies Mews, Near Bond St. Station, Central London. Where a good selection of my books can be viewed Ordering: Book enquiries should be sent by Email to [email protected] or by Fax to 44 (0)20 8878 9201 Payments can be made by the following methods: Credit Card: VISA or MASTERCARD only. Please fax credit card details to +44 (0)208 8878 9201. Alternatively card credit card orders can be telephoned to +44 (0)208 8878 8951. Cash: In Pounds Sterling; U.S. Dollars or Euros. Prices in Dollars and Euros will be given on enquiry. Bank Transfer: By direct bank transfer in Pounds Sterling, U.S. Dollars or Euros. Cheques: Only in Pounds Sterling drawn on a U.K. bank. www.GilesAncientArt.com 2 [email protected] A.I.H.V. Annales Du 11th Congres De L'Association Internationale Pour L'Histoire Du Verre Basel 29 August - 3 September 1988 AIHV, Amsterdam, 1990. 1st. 23x16. Ill Card Covers. Fine. x + 540pp with hundreds of b/w photos and line drawings. Findings of the 11th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass held in Basel 29 August/3rd September 1988. Includes papers on: Bronze Age Glass in Europe; Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Glass in Czechoslovakia; Prelude to Hellenistic Gold-glass; The Composition of Roman Glass; Mythological Beakers; Roman Glass in South West Spain; Late Roman Cameo Glass; Red Marbled Glass Roman to Carolingian; Glass Window Fragments from Khirbet Al-Mafjar; Ancient glass in Korea. Many other papers on a wide variety of topics Ref # ANARS-1371 £12 A.I.H.V. Annales Du 12th Congres De L'Association Internationale Pour L'Histoire Du Verre Vienna 26-31 August 1991 AIHV, Amsterdam, 1993. 1st. 23x16. Ill Card Covers. Very Good. x +566pp with hundreds of b/w photos amongst text. Findings of the 12th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass. Included are papers on: Glass inlays in Phoenician ivories and stone; Glass working before glass blowing; Roman glass unguentaria in Greece; Fragments of late Roman cage cups; Chemical analuses of some ancient glasses from Korea; Aspects of early Medieval glass production in Britain; Glass from Quseir al-Qadim; Kohl bottles from Islamic periods excavated in Israel; Glass mirrors in Medieval times; Manufactured glassware as seen in 13th to 14th century painting; Spanish Glass. Many other papers on a wide variety of topics Ref # ANARH-2256 £13 A.I.H.V. Annales Du 9th Congres De L'Association Internationale Pour L'Histoire Du Verre Nancy 22-28 Mai 1983 AIHV, Liege, 1985. 1st. 23x16. Ill Card Covers. Fine. 439 pp with hundreds of b/w illus. Collection of the papers given at the 9th congres of the Association for the History of Glass held in Nancy France 22-28 Mai 1983. Titles include: La pate de verre a travers les ages; Ancient and Medieval glass from the necropolis church at Anemurium; Collection of glass from Stradonice in Bohemia; Restoration of the Auldjo jug; Glass and trade of the ancient Aksumite kingdom; Observations on the chemical compositions of several types of Gallo-Roman and Frankish glass production; Verres du moyen age decouverts a Maastricht; Early pressed glass in England;. Text a mixture of English, German, French Ref # ANARS-2714 £19 A.I.H.V. Annales of the 17th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass. Antwerp 2006 AIHV, Bruxelles, 2009. 1st. 29.5 x 21. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good.. xix+ 704pp with hundreds of b/w illus, maps and diagrams. Findings of the 17th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass, held in Antwerp in 2006. Ref # ANARH-4335 £20 A.I.H.V. Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Historie Du Verre No.5 1967-1970 AIHV, Liege, 1970. 1st. 24x16. Ill Card Covers. Mint. 186pp with 140 b/w illus amongst text. This volume of the Bulletin of the International Association for History of Glass concentrates on glass manufacture in Belgium. Includes: Collections de verres de Belgique; Bibliographie de la verre antique en Belgique. Also includes articles on recent glass archeological discoveriesin Belgium, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Holland, Poland, Portugal and Syria. Mixed French and English text (mainly French) Ref # ANARH-2258 £13 A.I.H.V. Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Historie Du Verre No.8 1977-1980 AIHV, Liege, 1980. 1st. 24x16. Ill Card Covers. Fine. 250pp with 91 b/w illus amongst text. This volume of the Bulletin of the International Association for History of Glass concentrates on glass manufacture in the British Isles. Covers: Pre-Roman glass; Roman glass found in UK; Roman glass other than British; Early Medieval glass; Glass of the High Medieval period; 16th-17th century English glass; Continental glass of the Renaissance and the seventeenth century; British glass 1680-1830; 18th century foreign glass; British glass 1830- 1900; 19th century foreign glass Ref # ANARH-2265 £13 A.I.H.V. Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Historie Du Verre No.8 1977-1980 AIHV, Liege, 1980. 1st. 24x16. Ill Card Covers. Fine. 250pp with 91 b/w illus amongst text. This volume of the Bulletin of the International Association for History of Glass concentrates on glass manufacture in the British Isles. Covers: Pre-Roman glass; Roman glass found in UK; Roman glass other than British; Early Medieval glass; Glass of the High Medieval period; 16th-17th century English glass; Continental glass of the Renaissance and the seventeenth century; British glass 1680-1830; 18th century foreign glass; British glass 1830- 1900; 19th century foreign glass Ref # ANARS-2266 £15 A.I.H.V. Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Historie Du Verre No.9 1981 - 1983 AIHV, Liege, 1983. 1st. 24x16. Ill Card Covers. Very Good.. 251pp with hundreds of b/w illus amongst text. This volume of the Bulletin of the International Association for History of Glass concentrates on Glass in Italy. Gives details of collections throughout Italy of glass ranging from the earliest ancient through to Venetian times. Mixed language in text, mainly English and French but also some Italian Ref # ANARS-2252 £11 AHARONI, Yohanan The Archaeology of the Land of Israel from the Prehistoric Beginnings to the End of the First Temple Period Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1978. 1st. 22 x 15. Pictorial Card Cover. VG. xvii + 344pp with 55 mono photos, 88 figs and 31 plates of drawings. Sections on the Prehistoric Era; Chalcolithic period; Canaanite period and Israelite period; Ref # ANARS-2070 £9 ALCON Teresa Ruiz Vidrio Y Cristal De La Granja CSIC, Madrid, 1985. 2nd. . 44pp plus 62 plates (12 in colour). Spanish text Ref # ANARH-4184 £5 ALCON Teresa Ruiz Vidrio Y Cristal De La Granja CSIC, Madrid, 1969. 1st. 22.5 X16.5. Pictorial Card. Very Good. 43pp plus 48 plates (12 in colour). Spanish text Ref # ANARH-4198 £5 www.GilesAncientArt.com 3 [email protected] ALEXANDER Pat (Ed) The Lion Encyclopedia of the Bible . 26 x 17. Pictorial Card. Very Good. 352pp with numerous colour illustrations Ref # ANARH-4318 £4 AMAYA, Mario Tiffany Glass Studio Vista, London , 1967. Grey cloth. Very Good./Very Good dw. 84pp with numerous illustrations, some in colour Ref # ANARS-3248 £7.5 ANGUS-BUTTERWORTH L.M. British Table and Ornamental Glass Leanord Hill, London , 1956. 1st. 25x19. Red cloth gilt . Very Good +/None. 123 + xvi pp + 216 b/w illus. One of the classic works covering, amongst others, Bristol, Nailsea, Waterford, Jacobite, Beilby, Ravenscroft, Apsley Pallat, Powell, Brierley, Stevens Williams, Webb, Stuart, Hills, Stourbridge, Edinburgh, Richardsons, Sowerbys and Chance glass manufacture Ref # ANARS-229 £12 ARCHEOLOGIA Jerusalem 5000 Years of History Archeologia S.A., Dijon, 1992. 1st. 28 x 21. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. 137 pp. Special English edition ofthe French Archeologia Journals giving a history of the archaeology of Jerusalem over a 5000 year period. Contributions by 24 different authors on subjects ranging from Solomon's Temple to The Crusaders and beyond. Colour plates. Ref # ANARH-4038 £6 ARNOLD, Hugh Stained Glass of The Middle Ages in England & France Adam and Charles Black, London , 1939. 3rd. 23.5 x 17.5. Red cloth. Very Good. xiv + 269pp plus 50 coloured plates. Study of stained glass from twelfth to fifteenth century. Ex Library but very good considering age Ref # ANARS-3088 £6 ARTS P. L. W. A Collection of Ancient Glass Antiek, Lochem, 2000. 1st. 25x20. Pict Soft Cover. Mint. 140pp with 87 col illus & 3 line drawings. Author's private collection of ancient glass which ranges from Core formed glass of the classical Greek period, through Hellenistic to Roman and on to Byzantine. Each of the 85 items in the collection has a detailed individual description, including dating and technique, with colour photo. Some beautiful plates of diverse and quality items of glass. Ref # ANARH-3103 £30 ARVEILLER-DULONG, Veronique & NENNA, Marie-Dominique Les Verres Antiques - Louvre Reunion Des Musees Nationaux, Paris, 2000. 1st. 27x21. Pictorial Card. Mint. 240pp with 277 b/w illus and 8 colour plates. Catalogue of ancient Greek and Roman glass in the Louvre Museum. 277 items individually described and pictured. French text Ref # ANARH-2809 £95 ARWAS, Victor (Ed) Tiffany Academy Editions, London , 1979. 1st. 23 x 16. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. Catalogue of 40 outstanding works of Tiffany with full colour plates Ref # ANARS-3334 £2 ASH, Douglas Dictionary of British Antique Glass Pelham Books, London , 1975. 1st. 22 x 13.5. Black cloth. Fine/Fine. 210pp illustrated with 174 line drawings by the author Ref # ANARS-3318 £6 ASPREY Images on Glass London , 1990. 1st. 25 x 20. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. 53pp with 47 full page b/w plates. Catalogue of 47 works of engraved glass from three glass artists: Jane Webster; James Denison-Pender; Simon Whistler, exhibited at Asprey Bond St., 7th-24th December 1990. Ref # ANARS-3388 £7 Astarte Monete e Medaglie Astarte S.A., Lugano, 1999. 29.5 x 20.5. Soft Covers. Very Good. Auction sale catalogue for 1411 ancient and medieval coins and medals offerd for sale in Lugano 28 October 1999. Ref # ANARS-3917 £3 ATES, Mehmet Turkish Carpets Istanbul, 1996. 1st. 26.5 x 19.5. Pictorial Card. Very Good. 111pp with nice colour plates. Ref # ANARS-3940 £7 AUTH, Susan Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum N.M., Newark, 1976. 1st. 26x20. Hardback Pictorial Boards. Mint. 235pp with hundreds of photographs including some in colour. Catalogue of the ancient glass collection in the Newark Museum assembled from the private collection of Eugene Schaefer. Pictures and descriptions of 552 examples of ancient glass dating from 18th Dynasty Egyptian through to Islamic. One of the finest collections of ancient glass in America. Ref # ANARH-4286 £39 AVIGAD N. The Herodian Quarter in Jerusalem - Wohl Archaeological Museum Keter, Jerusalem, . 23 x 16. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. 80pp with colour and b/w illus , drawings and plans Ref # ANARH-4322 £5 BAECKSTROM Arvid Goteborgs Glasbruk 1761 -1808 Indusrimuseet, Goteborg, 1962. 1st. 21 x 14. Printed Card. Very Good.. 60pp with 5 tipped in colour plates and 5 b/w illus plus loose leaf fold out map. Swedish text Ref # ANARH-4190 £7 BAHAT Dan Carta's Historical Atlas of Jerusalem Carta, Jerusalem, 1986. 3rd. 24 x 16. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. 92pp with numerous maps and illus. Ref # ANARH-4321 £5 www.GilesAncientArt.com 4 [email protected] BALEN Malcolm A Very English Deceit Fourth Estate, London , 2002. 1st. 24 x 16. Black cloth. As New/As New. xi +260pp. Hardback with original decorative dust wrapper. Virtually mint condition Ref # ANARH-4304 £5 BALL Warwick & HARROW Leonard (Eds) Cairo to Kabul - Afghan and Islamic Studies Melisende, London , 2002. 1st. 26x20. Pict Card Cover. Mint. 259pp with 219 & 3 col plates and 35 figs. A collection of 27 papers put together by an international group of scholars on Islam to celebrate the lifetime and achievement of Ralph Pinder-Wilson. The papers relate to the areas of his main interestes, namely Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Near East and Islamic world as a whole. They cover a broad range of subjects, including archaeology, architecture, art history, ethnography, museum collections and history of the region Ref # ANARS-1294 £23 BALL, Joanne Dubbs & TOREM, Dorothy Hehl Commercial Fragrance Bottles Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1983. 1st. 31 x 23. Green cloth. Fine/ VG dw with small closed tear. 253pp with over 850 colour photos featuring over a thousand fragrance bottles and many original trade cards and advertisements. Range covered from Victorian cork-stoppered, floral scented bottles of toilette water to the current fragrance bottles. Ref # ANARS-3001 £21 BANGERT, Albrecht Glas - Jugendstil und Art Deco Mosaik, Munchen, 1979. 1st. 20x13. Blue cloth. VG/VG. 160pp numerous colour and b/w plates and line drawings. History and development of Art Deco glass, German text Ref # ANARS-490 £7 BANK LEU Antike Münzen - Auktion 38 - 13 May 1986 Zurich, . Pictorial Card Cover. VG. Auction catalogue of 436 ancient Greek and Roman coins with photos of each Ref # ANARS-2194 £4 BAROVIER MENTASTI, Rosa Altino Glass of the Venetian Lagoon Vianello Libri, 2010. 1st. 22..5 x 23. Hardback. New/Mint dw. 167pp with hundreds of colour illustrations. Catalogue of ancient Roman glass in the National Archeological Museum of Altino. The glass was all excavated in the region of Altino which was a port and most important area of glass production in the Veneto region from the first millenium BC until 7th century AD. Ref # ANARH-4441 £35 BAROVIER MENTASTI, Rosa Glass Throughout Time - History and Technique of Glassmaking from the Ancient to the Present Skira, Milan, 2003. 1st. 28.5 x 24. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 285pp with hundreds of beautiful colour and b/w plates amongst text. An excellent history and technique of glassmaking from the ancient world to the present. A brilliant mixture of ancient and modern glass with hundreds of example of both Ref # ANARS-2784 £25 BARRY, Brigit (British Broadcasting Corporation) GLASS - Sources of Information on the History, Science, Technology, and Art of this remarkable Material BBC, London , 1985. 1st. 29x20.5. Pictorial Card Cover. VG. 93pp plus 7 plates of ills inc one fold-out. Book published by the BBC to accompany a television series on Glass. Contrains information and details of organisations and societies relating to Glass in the United kingdom. Includes details of 78 museums throughout the U.K. where glass can be seen. Organisations relating to collectors, production, conservation and study. Also lists collections in Europe and Canada/USA. Bibliography Ref # ANARH-2140 £9 BARTOLI, Petro Santi / BELLORI Giovani Peter / BEGERI Laurentius Lucernae Veterum Sepulchrales Iconicae, Ex Cavernis Romae Subterraneis Coloniae Marchicae, Rome, 1702. 1st. 32.5x20. Vellum. Very Good. 4 XII.,4+16pp.,4+15pp.,4+12pp. 118 engraved plates. In three parts, bound into one book. Catalogue of 118 Roman oil lamps found in the Catacombs of Rome. Beautifully illustrated, one lamp per plate, in monochrome engravings by Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700), engraver and painter who trained under Poussin. The lamps featured are mainly pottery lamps and obviously of luxury quality with fine decoration of figures and scenes on the discus. Each lamp is described by the art historian and Antiquarian Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613-1696). As well as being an art theorist he was also the Royal Librarian to Christiana Queen of Sweden and Commissioner of the antiquities of Rome under Pope Clemente X. There is also an introduction and dedication to Lord Philippo Wilhelmo Marquess of Brandenburg (brother of the King of Prussia) given by Laurentius Bergeri (1653-1705), Antiquarian of the Brandenburg Academy Berlin and adviser in antiquities and books to the King of Prussia. Lord Philippo Wilhelmo is the patron sponsor of this book. Original vellum binding with raised bands. Blind decoration. Some expert restoration of binding. Some browning to pages. Handwritten addendum in ink on fly leaf, making observations about the lamp in plate IX, inscription looks to be contemporary with publication of book. Latin text. Ref # ANARS-1392 £550 BATE Percy English Table Glass George Newnes, London , 1905. 1st. 23x14. Blue Cloth with Gilt. . xiii +130pp inc index. 67 full page b/w plates featuring 254 items of English drinking glasses from 16th to 18th century. Sunning and discoloration to spine otherwise G+ Ref # ANARS-121 £10 BATE Percy English Table Glass Batsford, London , 1913. 2nd. 23x15. Blue Cloth with Gilt. . xiii +130pp inc index. 67 full page b/w plates featuring 254 items of English drinking glasses from 16th to 18th century. Some rubbing and bubbling to binding otherwise G+ Ref # ANARH-122 £10 BATTIE, David & COTTLE, Simon (Eds) Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of GLASS Little Brown, Boston, 1991. 1st American. 28.5 x 24.5. Black cloth. VG/VG. 208pp interspersed with hundreds of colour illustrations. Comprehensive encyclopedia of glass with a continuous history and examples from earliest pre-Roman through til modern times. Ref # ANARH-2783 £15 www.GilesAncientArt.com 5 [email protected] BAUME, Peter La Glas Der Antiken Welt 1 Greven & Bechtold, Koln, 1973. 1st. 22x20. Pict Soft Cover. Fine. 80pp 11 illus in text plus 58 full page b/w plates containing photos of 224 items of glass. Catalogue of pre-Roman, Roman and Byzantine glass in Romisch-Germanischen Museums in Koln. German text. Ref # ANARH-399 £33 BAUME, Peter La, & SALOMONSON, Jan Willem Romische Kleinkunst Sammlung Karl Loffler Bachem, Koln, 1976. 1st. 22x20. Pict Soft Cover. Fine. 187pp inc 12 line drawings plus 72 full pages of plates containing photos of 163 items of glass (7 col) and 132 of pottery. Catalogue of the collection of Karl Loffler of Roman glass and pottery in the Romisch-Germanischen Museums Koln, German text. Includes separate insert of supplementary catalogue of further 37 items. Ref # ANARS-398 £22 BAUMSTARK, Reinhold (ed) Glas Des 16. Bis 19. Jahrhunderts Hohlgläser Aus Dem Besitz Des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums Munchen, 1992. Pictorial Card. Very Good. Catalogue for exhibition of outstanding glass from 16th to 19th century held in the Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Munich, from 24 June 1992 to 10 January 1993. Includes Venetian, Bohemian and German glass. German text Ref # ANARS-3391 £11 BEARD, Geoffrey W. Nineteenth Century Cameo Glass Ceramic Book Co., Newport U.K., 1956. Limited Edition. 29.5 x 23. Orange cloth with gilt. Fine/None. LIMITED FIRST EDITION of 750 copies. Teg xv + 149pp with colfrontis plus 3 col plates and with 24 mono plates. Forward by Barrington Hayes. Chapters include: Cameo glass in classicaltimes; John Northwood and revival cameo glass; Followers of Northwood tradition; Woodall brothers; Richardson enterprise and a description of the Woodall pattern and price book. An excellent copy Ref # ANARH-4097 £18 BECKER Vivienne Swarovski The Magic of Crystal Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1995. 1st. 25x22. Black cloth. Fine/Fine. 158pp 199 illus inc 82 plates in full colour. This work traces the hitstory and products of the Austrian family glass crystal company Swarovski with some exqusite photographs of their work Ref # ANARH-2364 £8 BECKER Vivienne Swarovski The Magic of Crystal Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1995. 1st. 25x22. Black cloth. Fine/Fine. 158pp 199 illus inc 82 plates in full colour. This work traces the hitstory and products of the Austrian family glass crystal company Swarovski with some exqusite photographs of their work Ref # ANARS-2365 £8 BELLIS, Michele De Hundred Fragments of Ancient Glass that Come from Adria, Italy, Kept in the Rijks Museum Van Oudheden of Leyden, Holland Apogeo, Adria, 1998. 1st. 22 x 22. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good. 123pp with 119 colour and 17 mono illus and numerous line drawings. Published on the occasion of the Collection of one hundred fragments of ancient glass from Adria, Italy and now in the Rijks Museum van Oudheden Leyden, Netherlands. Description and picture of each of the 100 items which are predominantly mosaic glass. text in both Italian and English Ref # ANARH-1506 £29 BEN-DOV, Meir Jerusalem Men and Stone Modan, Tel Aviv, 1990. 1st. 28 x 21. Decorated Laminated Boards. VG/VG. 285pp with hundreds of col & b/w illus. A study of the history and development of Jerusalem. Its archaeology, architecture, its contemporary revival and restoration, its many population and religous groups, with many interesting photographs of the living old city Ref # ANARS-1635 £5 BENJAMIN Susan English Enamel Boxes from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries Orbis, 1978. 1st. 25x19. Blue leather gilt decoration. Fine./In pictorial slip Case. DE LUXE limited edition of 500 copies this copy # 278. Signed by author. teg. 128pp with 80 colour plates illustrating 230 different objects. Excellent book for collectors of English enamels, particularly patch- boxes and snuff-boxes. Looks at manufacturers in Battersea; London; Birmingham; Staffordshire; Liverpool and English enamels painted on the Continent. Ref # ANARS-2168 £25 BERETTA Marco/Di PASQUALE Giovanni (Eds) VITRUM Il Vetro Fra Arte e Scienza Nel Mondo Romano Giunti, Firenze, 2004. 1st. 28x25. Pict Soft Cover. Very Good. 360pp with hundreds of colour plates. Catalogue produced to accompany exhibition of Roman glass, its art and technique at the Museo degli Argenti, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze from 27th March til 31st October 2004. Many hundreds of beautiful examples of Italian Roman glass described and shown in colour plates. All of the examples shown were excavated at Pompei or nearby. Includes many articles on the technical and artistic development of Roman glass contributed by experts on ancient glass. Italian text Ref # ANARH-2519 £35 BERGSTROM, Evangeline H. Old Glass Paperweights Crown, New York, 1948. 2nd. 23.5 x 15.5. Black cloth. Very Good./No DJ. 132pp with 83 illustrations (20 in colour). Study of old glass paperweights, their art, construction and distinguishing features. Includes Frnch, English, American and minor European sources Ref # ANARH-3090 £12 BERNHARD, Maria Ludwika Lampki Starozytne Wydawnictwo Sztuka, Warszawa , 1955. 1st. 24x17. Grey cloth. VG/None. 420pp plus CLXV (165) pages of b/w plates showing 404 lamps. Catalogue of 556 Greek and Roman pottery and bronze oil lamps in the Museum Narodowe Warszawa. Text in Polish but summary in French. Author's inscription on ffep Ref # ANARS-856 £28 www.GilesAncientArt.com 6 [email protected] BERNT Walther Altes Glas Prestel-Verlag, Munchen, 1950. 24.5 x 17.5. Blue cloth. Very Good/Very Good dw. 63pp + 80 pages b/w plates. German text Ref # ANARH-4192 £4 BERNT Walther Sprüche auf Alten Gläsern Urban, Freiburg, 1928. 1st. 24x17. Green cloth. VG. . 80pp plus 11 full page plates printed recto only + b/w frontis. Catalogue of glasses with painted or engraved scenes dating from 16th to 19th centuries in German museums. Ex private library. German text. Sun fading to cloth. Ref # ANARH-1001 £25 BIAGGIO SIMONA, Simonetta Vetri Romani Del Cantone Ticino Museo Civico e Archeologico, Locarno, 1988. 1st. 24x22. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good. 148pp with 60 b/w plates and 10 in colour and 3 maps. Catalogue of Roman glass found in the Canton of Ticino and now in the Museo Civico e Archeologico, Locarno. Details of 164 items with photographs of the most important items. Italian text Ref # ANARS-1475 £39 BIANCHI, Robert Steven Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection Philipp Von Zabern, Munchen, 2002. 22x29. Grey cloth. Mint/Mint dw. 450pp with 573 colour illustrations & 9 line drawings. Describes over 450 ancient glass objects of the collection of Dr Elie Borowski. Ranges from Bronze age to Early Medieval Europe. In addition to Robert Bianchi there are sections contributed by professor Dan Barag, G. Max Bernheimer and Dr Birgit Schlick-Nolte with Rosemarie Lierke . Beautiful colour illustrations with description of each piece. Section on technology Ref # ANARH-3555 £59 BICKERTON L. M. Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, 2000. 2nd Edition (Revised) 3rd Reprint. 28 x 21.5. Black cloth. Fine/Fine. 431pp with 1,220 b/w photos. Major study of eighteenth century English drinking glasses. Descriptions and pictures of 1,155 individual glasses. Includes Balusters, Moulded pedestal stems, Air-Twist stems, Incised-Twist stems, Composite stems, Opaque-Twist stems, Mixed and colour-twist stems, Faceted stems, Diamond- point engraving, Wheel-engraving, Enamelling and Gilding . Ref # ANARH-1564 £57 BLAIR, Dorothy. History of Glass in Japan Kodansha Int & Corning Museum, New York, 1973. 1st. 29x23. . 479pp with 240 plates (37 in full colour) and two maps. Gold cloth spine with gilt lettering, blue cloth-covered boards with gilt Japanese label on upper board. Acetate wrapper. Charts the history of glass in Japan over the last two thousand years. The definitive English reference work on this subject. VG+ Ref # ANARH-12 £80 BLASCHKA Leopold and Rudolph Glass Flowers In The Ware Collection Harvard University Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1940. 1st. Decorated Boards. VG/VG. 58pp inc 16 colour plates by Fritz Kredel. This work describes the work of two Germans who created incredibly beautiful and delicate models of plants and flowers in glass. They were commissioned by an American woman Mrs Elizabeth Ware and her daughter to produce glass plants on a continuous basis from 1897 until 1936. The entire product of the Blaschkas, produced at their studio in Dresden, came to Harvard where they have a home in a special section of the Harvard University Botanical Museum.. Ref # ANARS-1310 £9 BOESEN Gudmund Gamle Glas Thaning & Appels, Kobenhavn, 1950. 1st. 16.5 x 10. Hardback. Very Good. 96pp with 61 illustrations of ancient and antique glass in Danish Museums. Danish text Ref # ANARH-4138 £7 BOLITHO Hector The Glasshouse Jamestown Virginia Jamestown Glasshouse Foundation, 1957. 1st. 20 x 13.5. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. 31pp. History of The Glasshouse Jamestown, Virginia, USA Ref # ANARH-4193 £4 BONFANTE Larissa Etruscan Mirrors - Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum M.M.A - L'Erma B, New York - Rome, 1997. 1st. 32.5 x 23.5. Hardback. Fine/Fine DJ. 186pp with 50 full page b/w photos comlemented by 50 full page line drawings of the images contained on the mirros. Study of the Etruscan bronze mirros in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York Ref # ANARH-4310 £50 BONHAMS European Ceramics and Glass Bonhams, London , 2002. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good.. Auction catalogue of the sale of 485 Lots of European ceramics and glass Ref # ANARH-3472 £4 BONHAMS European Ceramics and Glass Bonhams, London , 2001. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good.. Auction catalogue of the sale of 569 Lots of European ceramics and glass Ref # ANARS-3473 £4 BONHAMS Fine British Ceramics and Glass London , 2003. Pictorial Card. Very Good. Auction sale catalogue for 209 Lots of Fine British Ceramics and Glass offered at Bonhams 5th March 2003 Ref # ANARS-3471 £4 www.GilesAncientArt.com 7 [email protected] BONHAMS Highly Important Antiquities - Ancient Glass Bonhams, London , 2004. 1st. 27x21. Blue cloth. Fine/Fine. 69pp. Auction Catalogue of sale of important antiquities, mainly ancient glass. Includes Hellenistic Mosaic Glass Bowl; Hellenistic Skyphos; Roman Swan Rhyton; Roman Cameo Skyphos; Roman Ajax vase; Roman 'Aristeas' cup; Roman Harvest beaker; Roman Mythological beaker; Roman CageCup; Saxon glass bucket. Most of this glass is ex British Rail and/or Constable Maxwell collections. Sale also included some important ancient Egyptian objects. List of prices realized Ref # ANARH-1998 £15 BOVA, Aldo L'avventura Del Vetro Dal Rinascimento al Novecento Tra Venezia e Mondi Lontani Skira, Milano, 2010. 29.5 x 24.5. Hardback. Mint/Fine DJ. 565pp Catalogue of exhibition of Italian glass from the Renaissance to the 20th Century in Venice and surrounding areas. Exhibition held at Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio Vigo di Ton, Castel Thun 26 June to 7 November 2010. Italian Text. Hundreds of beautiful colour plates. Ref # ANARH-4503 £75 BREMEN Walther Die Alten Glasgemalde Und Hohlglaser Der Sammlung Bremen in Krefeld Bohlau Verlag, Koln, 1964. 1st. 26x18. Red cloth gilt. Very Good.. XI + 446 pp. Catalogue of the glass collection of Dr Walther Bremen in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn. Comprises a collection of stained (painted) glass windows from 14th to 17th centuries AD. Also domestic glass dating from 3rd century BC and all periods through to 19th century AD. Photos of 100 examples of stained glass and 257 examples of Domestic glass. Includes Roman, Frankish, Forest, Venetian and Bohemian glass, German text Ref # ANARH-1037 £39 BRITISH MUSEUM The British Museum and its Collections B.M Publications, London , 1988. 24.5 x 18.5. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. 293pp with 126 colour and 196 b/w illustrations and maps. An overall guide to the objects in the British Museum Ref # ANARS-3900 £4 BRITISH MUSEUM Treasures of Tutankhamun B.M., London , 1971. 1st. 24 x 20.5. Pictorial Card Cover. VG. Catalogue for the exhibition of the Treasures of Tutankhamun held at the British Museum in 1972.with 23 colour plates and over 100 b/w illus. Description and pictures of the 50 main exhibits. Ref # ANARS-2078 £4 BRITISH MUSEUM Treasures of Tutankhamun B.M., London , 1972. 1st. 24 x 21. Pictorial Card. VG. Catalogue for exhibition held at British Museum 1972 with detailed description and pictures of 50 items from the tomb of Tutankhaman Ref # ANARS-3921 £5 BROOKS, John A Glass Tumblers 1700-1900 JaB, Leicester, 1987. 1st. 24 x 18. Pictorial Card. Very Good. 32ppwith 40 illus. Study of British glass tumblers (beakers) from 1700 to 1900 Ref # ANARS-3307 £5 BUCKLEY, Francis A History of Old English Glass Dingwall Rock, New York, 1925. 1st American. 28x22. Brown cloth gilt. . xxvii + 155pp + 60 full page b/w plates printed recto only. Foreword by Bernhard Rackham keeper of the department of ceramics at the Victoria and Albert to which Mr Buckley donated his glass collection., Chapters include reference to old English glasshouses: origin of British Flint glass: period of sealed glasses: foreign artist glassmakers: 18th century wineglasses, twisted stems, development of the bowl, baluster and plain stems: all other sorts of glassware: origin and development of English cut and engraved glass, Plates clean and bright but some minor foxing to printed pages otherwise very good condition Ref # ANARS-263 £50 BUCKLEY, Wilfred EUROPEAN GLASS: A brief outline of the History of Glass Making, with Notes on Various Methods of Glass Decoration, illustrated by examples in the collection of the Author. Benn, London , 1926. 1st. 30x23. . DE LUXE EDITION, ONLY 35 COPIES IN TOTAL PRODUCED, inscribed by author with his signature and dated by him December 19th 1926. This copy No.35. Hand made paper. Bound in quarter brown leather with gilt. xxxvi +96pp +110 full page b/w plates printed recto side of leaf only. Teg. Discusses and illustrates glass made chiefly in the 16th, 17th,18th centuries and some earlier glass. Chapters on Egyptian and Phoenician; Roman; Chinese; Italian; French; Spanish; German and Austrian glass. Also glass from the Low Countries; English Glass; North American Glass and Glass of Undetermined Origin. A detailed catalogue describes both technically and historically each of the glasses illustrated. Foreword by Bernhard Rackham and with essay on Dutch glass by Ferrand Hudig. Excellent condition. Ref # ANARS-1785 £150 BUCKLEY, Wilfred EUROPEAN GLASS: A brief outline of the History of Glass Making, with Notes on Various Methods of Glass Decoration, illustrated by examples in the collection of the Author. Benn, London , 1926. 1st. 30x23. . DE LUXE EDITION, only 35 copies issued, signed by author. This copy No.17. Hand made paper. Bound in full brown leather with gilt. xxxvi +96pp +110 full page b/w plates printed recto side of leaf only. teg others uncut. Discusses and illustrates glass made chiefly in the 16th, 17th,18th centuries. A careful catalogue describes both technically and historically each of the glasses illustrated. Foreward by Bernhard Rackham and with essay on Dutch glass by Ferrand Hudig. Ex library with stamps but in remarkably good and clean condition. Ref # ANARS-334 £50 BUCKLEY, Wilfred The Art of Glass - The Wilfred Buckley Glass Collection in the V&A Museum George Allen & Unwin, London , 1939. 1st. 30x22. Black Cloth with Gilt. VG. 286pp. including catalogue of the 610 items in the collection. 181 b/w plates of outstanding quality. Collection from areas/periods : Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, Chinese, Corean, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Rhineland, Low Countries and English. Some minor browning to end papers othewrwise very good. Ink Insciption on ffep from Emlyn Williams ( famous playwright) to Binkie Beaumont (theatrical producer), "The Winslow Boy 1942" Ref # ANARH-2332 £20 www.GilesAncientArt.com 8 [email protected] BUONAROTTI, Filippo Osservazioni sopra alcuni framenti di vasi antichi di vetro ornati di figure, trovati ne cimiteri di Roma, all'altezza reale di Cosimo III, Granduca di Toscana Jacopo Guiducci & Santi Franchi, Florence, 1716. 1st. 29x20. Half-Leather Gilt. Very Good. xxvii, 324pp plus 35 engraved plates of which 3 are fold-out. Observations on fragments of Roman glass vessels decorated with figures found in the catacombs of Rome. These fragments were carefully broken out of vessels to preserve the section which had gold leaf decoration sandwiched between two layers of clear glass. The rough discs were secured by plaster in the wall of the catacomb adjacent to the grave.They often relate to biblical scenes or are portraits of family members and date from 2nd to 5th century AD. The figurative decoration of 78 such fragments are illustrated in the engraved plates. The book also includes Osservazioni sopra Tre Dittici antichi d'avorio. Italian text. Very good condition apart from some minor foxing. Modern leather and marble boards. Ref # ANARH-995 £550 BURN, Lucilla & HIGGINS, Reynold Greek Myths B.M Publications, London , 1991. 2nd. 24 x 17. Pictorial Card. Very Good. 80pp with numerous b/w illus. Ref # ANARS-3928 £3 BUSSOLIN, Dominique Les Celebres Verreries De Venise et De Murano (The Famous Glassworks of Venice and Murano) Librairie Allemande , Venice, 1847. Facsimile of 1st Edition. 20x16. Grey cloth. New. 88pp. True facsimile of original book on the famous glassworks of Venice and Murano. French text. Hard-bound in grey cloth. Facsimile made in 2002. Ref # ANARS-1381 £20 C.I.B.A. 1963/5 Review - Glass Fibres . . 52pp with colour and b/w illus. includes article on 45 centuries of glass Ref # ANARH-3295 £2 CAHN-KLAIBER, Eva-Maria Die Antiken Tonlampen Des Archaologischen Instituts Der Universitat Tubingen Wasmuth, Tubingen, 1977. 26x19. Card Covers. Fine. 402pp plus 40 pages b/w plates. Study of 389 ancient clay oil lamps in the Instituts der Universitat Tubingen of which 380 are shown in photos. Lamps date from Helleniostic to Byzantine. German text Ref # ANARS-1969 £15 CARBONI, Stefano Glass From Islamic Lands Thames & Hudson, London , 2001. 1st. 28x22. Blue cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 413pp with 345 illustrations, 304 in colour. Catalogue of the collection of Islamic Glass of Sheikh Nasser al-Sabah on loan to the Kuwait National Musem. Sections cover: The legacy from Roman and Sasanian glass; Early Islamic period; Glass with decoration, patterns and trailing; Enamelled and gilded glass and the revival of Islamic glass in 17th to 19th century. Stunning photographs Ref # ANARH-2219 £35 CARBONI, Stefano & WHITEHOUSE, David Glass of the Sultans Metropolitan Museum, New York, 2001. 1st. 30x24. Green cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 340pp with colfrontis and 276 illustrations including 176 in full colour. Catalogue issued to coincide with exhibition of 157 masterworks of Islamic glass at The Corning Museum, Metropolitan Museum and Benaki Museum 2001/2002. Each of the 157 items described in great detail with superb photographs. Covers the whole spectrum of Islamic glass from 7th Cent AD to 19th Cent. Magnificent art book with contributions from Robert Brill and William Gudenrath on the technical side. Ex Library but in mint condition as they changed their mind on purchase Ref # ANARH-4053 £55 CARBONI, Stefano/ PAGE Jutta-Annette The Art of Glass Toledo Museum with D. Giles, London , 2006. 1st. 26 x 23.5. Red cloth. Mint/Mint dw. 248pp with hundreds of colour plates. Catalogue of 100 masterpieces of glass from the Collection of The Toledo Museum of Art to mark the opening of their new Glass Pavilion. Glass ranges from Ancient Egyptian through to modern studio glass Ref # ANARS-4013 £27 CARDER, Frederick Portrait of a Glassmaker Corning/Rockwell, New York, 1985. 1st. 27 x 20. Pictorial Card Cover. VG.. 120pp with 76 col plates. Catalogue of special exhibition of glass held at the Corning Museum of Glass 20 April - 20 0ctober 1985 to celebrate the work of glassmaker Frederick Carder who was the founder of Steuben glass. These examples of his art glass are drawn from the permanent collections of The Corning Glass Museum and The Rockwell Museum. Some stunning examples of art glass from a man who was a contemporary and competitor of the work of Feberge, Galle, Tiffany and Lalique Ref # ANARH-2861 £10 CARRA Massimo Italian Sculpture from Prehistory to the Etruscans Hamlyn, London , 1970. 3rd. 19x13. Grey cloth. VG/VG. 159pp with 70 full page colour plates. Headings: Civilization and Art in ancient Italy; Nuraghic Bronze Figurines; Southern and Eastern Italy and Sicily; The Appennines and the Po valley; The Etruscans Ref # ANARS-913 £3 CARTA, Titti Forme e Colori Del Vetro in Italia Attraverso Il Tempo Maestri Arti Garfiche, Milan, 1967. 24.5 x 17. Blue cloth. Very Good/Very Good dw. 140pp Catalogue to accompany exhibition held at The National Museum of Reggio Calabria June/August 1967 entitled Forms and Colour in Glass in Italy Through Time. From pre-Roman to modern. Italian tex with many illustrations Ref # ANARH-4118 £9 www.GilesAncientArt.com 9 [email protected] CARUSO Enrico Auction Catalogue of Antique Art Treasures of Enrico Caruso American Art Association, New York, 1923. 28x21. Very Good.. Auction catalogue for the sale of the Art Treasures of Enrico Caruso held in New York over four days, 5th to 8th March 1923.Total 1345 Lots Includes 350 items of ancient glass. Other items include coins, pottery, textiles, furniture, bronzes, gold watches and boxes partly enamelled, Persian miniatures and Limoges enamels. Numerous b/w and some coloured plates. Many pieces were acquired by Caruso from the collections of J. Pierpont Morgan, Spitzer, Bardac, Maurice Kann and Rodolphe Kann. Price realised for every piece recorded in red ink alongside each lot. Bound in original black cloth with modern quarter green leather spine and gilt title Ref # ANARS-1936 £99 CERAM, C. W. The Secret of The Hittites Alfred Knopf, New York, 1956. 1st American. 21 x 14. Red cloth. Very Good.. xxi + 281pp plus 48 b/w plates and many drawings amongst text. Chapters include: The Bible and New Research; Winckler Digs in Boghazkoy; On thert of Deciphering; Did the Hittites Speak Hittite; The Kings of Hattusas; The Science of Historical Dating; The Battle of Kadesh and The Finds on the Black Mountain. Ref # ANARH-2833 £7 CHRISTIE'S Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience from the 'Per-neb' Collection, Part III Christies, London , 1993. 1st. 26.5 x 20.5. Pictorial Card. Very Good.. Auction sale catalogue of 251 lots of Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience from the "Per-Neb" collection part III. Ref # ANARH-4360 £75 CHRISTIE'S Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience from the 'Per-neb' Collection, Part III Christies, London , 1993. 1st. 26.5 x 20.5. Red cloth Hardback. Very Good./Very Good DW. Auction sale catalogue of 251 lots of Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience from the "Per-Neb" collection part III. Ref # ANARH-4361 £95 CHRISTIE'S Ancient Egyptian Glass Inlays - Catalogue Per Neb Part ll 7/7/93 London , 1993. 1st. 26.5 x 20. Red cloth Hardback. VG/Very Good DW. Auction sale catalogue of 181 Lots of Ancient Egyptian Glass Inlays. Part II of the "Per-Neb" collection sold at Christie's London July 1993 Ref # ANARH-4362 £95 CHRISTIE'S Ancient Glass Formely in the G. Sangiorgi Collection - Sale Thursday 3rd June 1999 New York, 1999. 26x21. Pict Soft Cover. VG. 123pp. Auction catalogue for the sale of ancient glass from the G. Sangiori collection held at Christie's New York 3rd June 1999. Contains 251 items with colour photographs . List of prices realized. The Sangiorgi collection was probably the most important ancient glass collection to come to the market in the 1990's. It is a useful guide for dating and valuing ancient glass. The collection ranges in date from 4th century BC to 12th century AD Ref # ANARH-4303 £75 CHRISTIE'S The "Per-neb" Collection (Part 1) Highly Important Egyptian Antiquities Christies, London , 1992. 27 x 21. Red cloth Decorated. Very Good./Very Good DW. Hardbound copy of Auction catalogue for sale of 82 lots of Highly Important Egyptian Antiquities from the Per Neb collection Part 1, sold at Christies London 9th December 1992 Ref # ANARH-4363 £95 CHRISTIE'S The Homer Perkins Collection of Glass Paperweights New York, 1998. 26.5 x 20.5. Pictorial Card. VG.. Sale catalogue for auction of glass paperweights of the Homer Perkins Collection sold at Christie's New York 23 September 1998. Total of 182 Lots including St. Louis, Baccarat, Clichy and New England, Ref # ANARS-2953 £9 CHRISTIE'S Works of Art from The Bute Collection of Toby-Jugs and Glass Christie's, London , . 29.5 x 20.5. Soft Covers. Very Good. Auction sale catalogue . 280 Lots of Toby-Jugs and Irish cut glass. Sold at Christies London 8th July 1996 Ref # ANARH-4294 £5 CHRISTIE'S / KOFLER-TRUNIGER Ancient Glass Formely in Collection of Kofler-Truniger - Sale at Christie's London 5th March 1985 Christie's, London , 1985. 1st. 26x21. Blue cloth. VG/VG. 174pp with photographic plates of 348 lots of glass mainly in colour. Sale catalogue of one of the most important collections of ancient glass ever offered at auction. Glass ranging from Egyptian 18th Dynasty through to Byzantine period. Lists of price estimates and prices realised. Ref # ANARH-3590 £45 CHRISTIES A Fine Collection of European White Glass - Part 1 Christies, London , 1976. Soft Covers. Very Good. Auction catalogue for 179 Lots of European white glass sold at Christies London 22nd March 1976. Includes; Galanterie; 18th century wares; Hausmalerei wares; Spirit flasks; Tea wares; Chinoiserie and French opalescent glass. With pictures. Annotated price results in margins Ref # ANARS-3676 £5 CHRISTIES British & Continental Ceramics and Glass including Paperweights Christies, London , 1997. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good. Auction catalogue of British and Continental Ceramics and Glass including paperweights sold at Christie's, King Street, London 7 July 1997. 638 lots Ref # ANARH-3344 £4 CHRISTIES British & Continental Ceramics and Glass including Paperweights Christies, London , 1999. Pictorial Card Cover. Very Good. Auction catalogue of British and Continental Ceramics and Glass including paperweights sold at Christie's, King Street, London 8 November 1999. 418 lots Ref # ANARS-2430 £4 www.GilesAncientArt.com 10 [email protected]