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Carlo Mollino

The Hours of Marie de' Medici 
Full-colour facsimile limited edition, bound in linen with a leather quarter binding and beautifully presented in a slipcase, faithfully reproducing all 176 leaves of the original manuscript. 
With a scholarly introduction that gives an overview of

Bibles - Quantity: 1 - Book

Master of the David - The Hours of Marie de' Medici - 2016

Description:
This is a Japanese lacquer display stand, designed with three square tiers and an open-frame structure. It has a refined dark green lacquer finish, with subtle red lacquer accents visible in the curved cut-out details and small foot decorations.
The stand is built in

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes - 52 cm

Table - Wood, lacquer - Japan - display stand, geometric  (No reserve price)

Antique original. 
Style in the home and in furnishings. 
Director: Gio Ponti. 
No. 4 April 1941. 
Splendid cover by Bo and Pagani. 
Gio Ponti, Clear ideas (On the simple house - On the Arts in Italy - On the productions of art in Italy). 
Architect Andrea Busiri Vici. 
Architect

Interior design, Applied art, Art - Quantity: 1 - Book

Gio Ponti - Lo Stile nella casa e nell'arredamento. N.4, 1941 - 1941

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THE GREAT VIGNOLA CENTURY - MICHELANGELO'S DOORS AND

Architecture - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Vignola / Michelangelo - Regola delli Cinque Ordini d’Architettura - 1635

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IN-FOLIO ILLUSTRATED – 55 LARGE ENGRAVINGS – THE

Vignola - Architettura - 1780

Carlo Mollino.
Monograph edited by Fulvio Irace.
Series directed by Andrea Branzi.
The monographic volume dedicated to Carlo Mollino (Turin, 1905 – 1973) within the Il Sole 24 Ore series 

Applied art, Interior design, Architecture - Quantity: 1 - Book

Fulvio Irace - Carlo Mollino - 2011

Collection of 6 decorative vases and amphorae in ceramic – Renaissance-inspired motifs and figural decorations – Italy.
Description.
Curious and decorative collection composed of six small glazed ceramic vases and amphorae, differing in shape and decoration but united by a call

1970-1980 - Europe -  

Jug - Ceramic - Collection of six decorative ceramic vases and amphorae – Renaissance motifs and historiated – Italy

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THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE EVERLASTING CITY –

History, Architecture - Quantity: 2 - Tipped in plates - Book

Roisecco - Roma Antica, e Moderna - 1745

Published to accompany Edmund Clark's three-year residency at HMP Grendon, Europe's only fully therapeutic prison, *My Shadow's Reflection* is one of the photographer's most compelling explorations of incarceration, rehabilitation, and representation. Rather than documenting

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Signed by author - Photo book

Edmund Clark - Signed - My Shadow's Reflection - 2017

Carlo Scarpa.
Monograph edited by Sergio Los.
Photographs by Klaus Frahm.
Isolated, often openly opposed, Scarpa left a fragmentary production rich in "one-of-a-kind pieces". The Brion Cemetery, the installations and museographic restorations, his "Venetian villas" made him,

Architecture - Quantity: 1 - Book

S. Los / K. Frahm - Carlo Scarpa - 1993

Published in 1972, Sha / Shaft by Noriaki Yokosuka is volume No. 9 of the legendary Japanese photobook series *Eizo no Gendai  , one of the most influential collections in the history of Japanese photography. Published by Chuo Koron Sha between 1971 and 1972, the series brought

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Dust jacket - Photo book

Noriaki Yokosuka - Sha / Shaft - 1972

An impressive vintage Hermès Carré scarf featuring the elaborate British Heraldry design.

The composition is inspired by European heraldic art, with numerous coats of arms, shield-bearing figures, architectural tracery, floral emblems, ceremonial ribbons and richly detailed

Hermès - Ich Dien - Scarf

Yasuhiro Ishimoto's Tokyo is one of the crowning achievements of postwar Japanese photography, a masterwork that transformed the modern metropolis into a stage of extraordinary visual intensity. Published in 1971 as Volume 8 of the legendary Eizo no Gendai series, this iconic

Yasuhiro Ishimoto - 1st Edition with Obi - Tokyo - 1971

Italian Architecture 1944/84.
Curated by Amedeo Belluzzi and Claudia Conforti.
This text was born as a fundamental guide to Italian modern architecture in the four decades following World War II. Written by Amedeo Belluzzi and Claudia Conforti, published by the publishing house

A. Belluzzi; C. Conforti - Architettura italiana 1944/84 - 1985

A Victorian walnut-veneered graphoscope, second half 19th century, the folding rectangular base supporting an adjustable inclined viewing board with sliding picture rest, surmounted by a large circular convex magnifying lens within a shaped walnut-veneered frame, adjustable on

Victorian - Graphoscope with magnifying lens - Viewer

Artist: Keith Haring (after)

Title: "Pisa 89"

Beautiful exhibition poster printed on quality ivory paper, in offset lithography.

Signed on the printing plate, it is not hand-signed.

Size: 59 x 42 cm.
The poster is in very good condition A, stored in a non-smoking area.

The

Poster - Art, Entertainers, Advertising, Architecture - Italy

Keith Haring (after) - PISA 89 - 1990s

LOT DETAILS.
Title of the work: Ferrari F500 F2.
Collection: Da Vinci's Lost Projects.
Artist: Kleury.art.
Edition: Limited edition of 5 copies.
Dimensions: 50x70 cm.
Support: Matte Art Paper 200gsm. Premium quality artist paper with a matte finish. The natural grain and warm

AI, Mixed technique - Signed

Kleury.art - [LAST CHANCE TO BUY!] Da Vinci's Lost Projects: "Ferrari F500 F2" by Kleury.art (5/5)

Joe Colombo.
Monograph curated by Marianna Guernieri.
Joe Colombo (Cesare Colombo, Milan 1930 - 1971) was a renowned Italian designer and architect, known for his visionary and futuristic style, characterized by the use of new materials, dynamic furniture systems and global

Architecture, Interior design, Applied art - Quantity: 1 - Book

Joe Colombo - Joe Colombo - Monograph - 2025

A 1940s Tooled Green Leather Two-Tier wrought iron Serving Trolley 
Dimensions: 58x72x40cm

United Kingdom - Vintage  - 1940-1950

Serving trolley - 1940s Tooled Green Leather Two-Tier wrought iron Serving Trolley - Wood, Metal, Leather

THE GREAT VIEWS OF ROME BY THE SADELER - ONE OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE GRAND TOUR OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Splendid collection of copper-engraved views devoted to the antiquities of Rome, Tivoli and Pozzuoli, engraved by Egidio and Marco Sadeler, absolute protagonists of

History - Quantity: 1 - Tipped in plates - Book

Sadeler - Antichità di Roma Tivoli Pozzuolo et altri Luochi - 1606-1660

Arita Ware Porcelain Vase by Koki Kiln Kikusui – Hand-Painted Blue and White Landscape.
This elegant Japanese Arita ware porcelain vase is signed on the base “Koki Kiln, Kikusui” (古許窯 菊水作).

The vase is decorated in traditional blue-and-white (sometsuke) style, featuring an

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes - 31.6 cm

Vase - Porcelain, Japanese Arita Ware Vase by Kikusui, Koki Kiln – Blue and White Landscape - Japan

Design Process Olivetti 1908–1983. Industrial design, identification systems, typeface design, graphic design & advertising, cultural activities, interior design, exhibition design, architectural design. Profusely illustrated, xix / 388 pp

Giudici, Giovanni / et al (editors) - Design Process Olivetti 1908 - 1983 - 1983

Unfortunately the books have a strong mouldy smell. Otherwise everything good and as described.

Swift transaction, the book was extremely well packed. 

Just like reading a real medieval book of hours.

Swift delivery, extremely well packed. Item itself of incredible beauty and quality. I thank you so very much for making this offer to me.

You're welcome. I'm glad it has found a new home.

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