Art

Costume: Fanciful, Historical and Theatrical

Mrs. Aria

Old and rare Scottish tartans: With Historical Introduction and Descriptive Notices

Donald William Stewart

The work is a scholarly catalogue of old and rare Scottish tartans, compiled by Donald William Stewart in…

Dutch and Flemish Furniture

Esther Singleton

Esther Singleton’s Dutch and Flemish Furniture is a scholarly survey of decorative arts that traces the…

Nietzsche and Art

Anthony M. Ludovici

This work is a scholarly lecture series by Anthony M. Ludovici that sets out to map Friedrich Nietzsche’s…

Windows: A Book About Stained & Painted Glass

Lewis F. Day

Lewis F. Day’s Windows is a practical handbook for anyone who wishes to understand how stained‑and‑painted…

Italy, the Magic Land

Lilian Whiting

Italy, the Magic Land is a lyrical travelogue that strings together the author’s fragmentary memories of…

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

Henry Adams

The book is a scholarly tour of medieval French culture, using Mont‑Saint‑Michel and Chartres as twin lenses…

The Art & Practice of Typography A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of Arrangement

Edmund G. Gress

The Art & Practice of Typography is a comprehensive manual that blends historical scholarship with a hands‑on…

The Trade Signs of Essex A popular account of the origin and meanings of the public houses & other signs

Miller Christy

The Trade Signs of Essex is a scholarly catalogue of the pictorial emblems that once identified inns, taverns…

The Art of the Moving Picture

Vachel Lindsay

The work is a scholarly manifesto for the emerging medium of motion pictures, written by Vachel Lindsay, a…

Ivory, Apes and Peacocks

James Huneker

The work is a sweeping essay that celebrates Joseph Conrad as a singular figure among English novelists,…

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)

Shearjashub Spooner

The work is a sweeping compendium of historical anecdotes that links the great artists of the Western world…

Vision and Design

Roger Fry

Roger Fry’s Vision and Design is a collected volume of his art essays, spanning two decades of his critical…

Leisure hours among the gems

Augustus C. Hamlin

Leisure Hours Among the Gems is a scholarly survey of precious stones, written by Augustus C.

Impressionist painting: Its Genesis and Development

Wynford Dewhurst

The book is a scholarly survey of Impressionism written by Wynford Dewhurst, an English artist‑critic who…

Watts (1817-1904)

William Loftus Hare

The work is a biographical study of the English painter George Frederick Watts (1817‑1904), written by his…

Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New 3rd ed.

Walter Crane

Walter Crane’s Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New is a scholarly survey of book…

Memoranda of art and artists, anecdotal and biographical

Joseph Sandell

The work is a compendium of brief, often witty sketches that illuminate the personalities and habits of…

Stones of Venice [introductions]

John Ruskin

The work is a scholarly re‑edition of John Ruskin’s earlier writings on Venice, organized as the first volume…

The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 1 of 2

S. C. Hall

The work is a nineteenth‑century antiquarian survey of England’s great houses, beginning with a vivid…

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics

Various

The December 1866 issue of The Atlantic Monthly presents a sprawling tribute to the late Rev.

Fountains of Papal Rome

Fanny Davenport Rogers MacVeagh

The work is a scholarly survey of Rome’s fountains, treating them as both civic utilities and symbols of the…

Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern

W. A. Hawley

The work is a scholarly survey of Oriental carpets, written by Walter A. Hawley and published in 1913.

The Pearl, its story, its charm, and its value

Wallis Richard Cattelle

The work is a comprehensive treatise on the pearl, beginning with a sweeping description of its birth beneath…