Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Objects of Vertu, Silhouettes and Miniatures
Author: Christie's South Kensington, Ltd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
American Portrait Miniatures in the Manney Collection
Author: Dale T. Johnson
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870995979
Category : Portrait miniatures
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870995979
Category : Portrait miniatures
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Hand-list of Miniature Portraits and Silhouettes
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Paintings
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celebrities
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Catalogue of Mediaeval & Later Antiquities Contained in the Mayer Museum: Including the Mather Collection of Miniatures and Medals Relating to the Bonaparte Family
Author: Charles Tindal Gatty
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385306957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385306957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Catalogues- American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc
Author: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
Catalogues of Sale
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1238
Book Description
Catalogues
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Words of Mercury
Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1629142808
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century. The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at the tender age of eighteen. Sleeping in barns, monasteries, and, on occasion, aristocratic country houses, the young adventurer made way his through the Old World just as everything was about to change. Words of Mercury collects pieces from every stage of Leigh Fermor’s life, from his journey through Eastern Europe just before the outbreak of the Second World War—described in gorgeous, meditative detail—to his encounter with voodoo in Haiti, to a monastic retreat to Normandy to try to write a book. Also included is the story of one of his most well-known exploits from the war—his planned and executed kidnap of a German general under British orders. Ever the student, “Paddy” also wrote extensively on his encounters with polymaths, linguists, and artists all over the world. Over the course of his illustrious lifetime, Leigh Fermor wrote several acclaimed travel books, countless essays, translations, and book reviews, many of which are compiled in this anthology. His unique experiences out in the world fed his insatiable curiosity and voracious appetite for scholarship. His tales, written in a singular, elegant style, have inspired generations of writers and continue to shape the language of travel.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1629142808
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
A career-spanning anthology from the greatest traveler—and travel writer—of the twentieth century. The adventures of Patrick “Paddy” Leigh Fermor, Britain’s most beloved traveler, began in 1933, when he embarked on a walk from Holland to Constantinople—the entire length of Europe—at the tender age of eighteen. Sleeping in barns, monasteries, and, on occasion, aristocratic country houses, the young adventurer made way his through the Old World just as everything was about to change. Words of Mercury collects pieces from every stage of Leigh Fermor’s life, from his journey through Eastern Europe just before the outbreak of the Second World War—described in gorgeous, meditative detail—to his encounter with voodoo in Haiti, to a monastic retreat to Normandy to try to write a book. Also included is the story of one of his most well-known exploits from the war—his planned and executed kidnap of a German general under British orders. Ever the student, “Paddy” also wrote extensively on his encounters with polymaths, linguists, and artists all over the world. Over the course of his illustrious lifetime, Leigh Fermor wrote several acclaimed travel books, countless essays, translations, and book reviews, many of which are compiled in this anthology. His unique experiences out in the world fed his insatiable curiosity and voracious appetite for scholarship. His tales, written in a singular, elegant style, have inspired generations of writers and continue to shape the language of travel.
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Author: Elizabeth James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271131
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271131
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
A comprehensive bibliography and exhibition chronology of the world's greatest museum of the decorative arts and design. The Victoria and Albert Museum, or South Kensington Museum as it used to be known, was founded by the British Government in 1852, out of the proceeds from the Great Exhibition of 1851. Like the Exhibition, it aimed to improve the expertise of designers, and the taste of the public, by exposing them to examples of good design from all countries and periods. 2,500 publications have to date been produced by, for, or in association with the V&A. The National Art Library, which is part of the Museum, has prepared this detailed catalogue, supplemented by a secondary list of 500 other books closely related to the V&A. The 1,500 exhibitions and displays recorded include those held in the main Museum and at its branches, the Bethnal Green Museum (now the National Museum of Childhood) and the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden, and additionally those it has organized at external venues, in Great Britain and abroad. The exhibitions and publications are fully cross-referenced, and there are name, title and subject indexes to the whole work, as well as an explanatory introduction.