Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Art Gallery
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
The Connoisseur
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Warburg Institute. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Country Life
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 1584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 1584
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk Buckingham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
The Illustrated London News
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The Handbook of Personal Wealth Management
Author: Jonathan Reuvid
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN: 9780749447434
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
This important guide, now fully updated for a second edition and once again endorsed by the Institute of Directors, has been written for high earners and wealthy individuals who are looking to maximise returns on their capital and protect their accumulated wealth. It offers authoritative and jargon-free advice to how to structure personal and business-related finances, as well as providing an accessible overview of current financial products. It includes details on strategies for sound wealth management, as well as offering a full examination of the available securities and financial products, including alternative investments and self-managed investments. It also reviews the more proactive alternatives of starting a business or becoming a business angel.
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN: 9780749447434
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
This important guide, now fully updated for a second edition and once again endorsed by the Institute of Directors, has been written for high earners and wealthy individuals who are looking to maximise returns on their capital and protect their accumulated wealth. It offers authoritative and jargon-free advice to how to structure personal and business-related finances, as well as providing an accessible overview of current financial products. It includes details on strategies for sound wealth management, as well as offering a full examination of the available securities and financial products, including alternative investments and self-managed investments. It also reviews the more proactive alternatives of starting a business or becoming a business angel.
European Clocks and Watches in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Clare Vincent
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395790
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Among the world's greatest technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time The Metropolitan Museum of Art's unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the late Renaissance through the nineteenth century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases fifty-four clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each represented with an in-depth description and new photography of the exterior and the inner mechanisms. Among these masterpieces is an ornate sixteenth-century celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars; an eighteenth-century longcase clock by David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities of the day; and a nineteenth-century watch featuring a penetrating portrait of Czar Nicholas I of Russia. Created by the best craftsmen in Austria, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, these magnificent timepieces have been selected for their remarkable beauty and design, as well as their sophisticated mechanics. Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological marvels.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395790
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Among the world's greatest technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time The Metropolitan Museum of Art's unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the late Renaissance through the nineteenth century, this fascinating book enriches our understanding of the origins and evolution of these ingenious works. It showcases fifty-four clocks, watches, and other timekeeping devices, each represented with an in-depth description and new photography of the exterior and the inner mechanisms. Among these masterpieces is an ornate sixteenth-century celestial timepiece that accurately predicts the trajectory of the sun, moon, and stars; an eighteenth-century longcase clock by David Roentgen that shows the time in the ten most important cities of the day; and a nineteenth-century watch featuring a penetrating portrait of Czar Nicholas I of Russia. Created by the best craftsmen in Austria, England, Flanders, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, these magnificent timepieces have been selected for their remarkable beauty and design, as well as their sophisticated mechanics. Built upon decades of expert research, this publication is a long-overdue survey of these stunning visual and technological marvels.