1. Brookner, Anita.

The Genius of the Future. Studies in French Art Criticism: Diderot, Stendhal, Baudelaire, Zola, The brothers Goncourt, Huysmans.

First edition. London. Phaidon. 1971. 18 x 26 cm. 172 pages with 30 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very tight and clean copy. One of the few very rare and interesting publications of literary criticism.

2. Cole, K.C.

The Universe and the Tea Cup – The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty.

First Edition. New York / San Diego / London, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. X, 214 pages. A few illustrations and tables throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Now out of print.

3. Dorfles, Gillo.

Gute Industrieform und ihre Ästhetik. [Industrial Form and its Aesthetics]

Munchen. Verlag Moderne Industrie. 1964. 24 cm x 28 cm. 104 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar / Leinen mit illustriertem Schutzumschlag in Mylar (lose Schutzfolie). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Two small tears in dustjacket. / Der Schutzumschlag etwas angeraendert.

4. Gilpin, William. [Castle-Freke Library Bookplates]

Collection of four Volumes (bound in two) by Gilpin – All from the historical library at Castle Freke (Castlefreke, West Cork / Ireland). The Volumes include: I. & II. Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-Lands of Scotland. [Second Edition, with an “Account of the Prints” bound to the rear] / III. Observations on the River Wye and several Parts of South Wales &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the summer of the Year 1770 (Third Edition). / IV. An Essay on Prints – [″The chief intention of the following work was to put the elegant amusement of collecting prints, on a more rational footing; by giving the unexperienced collector a few principles and cautions to assist him”] (Fourth Edition with the printed dedication “To the Honorable Horace Walpole in Deference to his Taste in the Polite Arts; and the Valuable Researches he has made to improve them; the following work is inscribed by his most obedient and very humble servant, William Gilpin”). [Volumes I & II with 40 original illustrations and vintage 18th century maps [correctly 39 illustrations and one table], for example of Loch Lomond and the Firth of Forth/ all illustrations are vintage mezzotint-plates].

Mixed Editions. Four Volumes (bound in two). London, Printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1792. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XI, [1], 221 pages with 24 mezzotints / Volume II: 195, XVI pages with 16 mezzotints and an “Account of the Prints” as well as “Translations of Latin Passages” / [Volume III]: [River Wye]: XVI, 152 pages with 16 (of 17) full – page mezzotints / [Volume IV]: [An Essay on Prints]: XIII, [3], 174 pages plus XI pages Index and 1 page Errata. Hardcover / Early 19th century quarter – morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both volumes bound in unison. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages 185 – 191 of Volume I with some stronger browning. Otherwise the interior very clean. All mezzotints in very good or even better condition. This is the original copy from the historical Castle-Freke Library in West Cork (Ireland), with two armorial bookplates to front and rear pastedown with the family’s motto ‘Pro Patria’. With two pages of manuscript annotations by a contemporary hand with a reference between the common name “Tarbet” in Scotland and a place-name in County Kerry in Ireland” (pages 13 of Volume II) / another entry is on page 12 of Volume II regarding the name-sake “Loch-Loung” for a Lake of ships in Scotland and Ireland.

5. [Henneberg, Josephine von] Berger, Pamela/ Howe, Jeffery/ Michalczyk, Susan A. (eds.)

The Plume & the Palette. Essays in Honor of Josephine von Henneberg.

New York, Peter Lang, 2001. 16 x 24 cm. 219 pages. Hardcover. Signed by Josephine von Henneberg. Excellent condition. As new.

6. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim / McCormick, Edward Allen (translator).

Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry.

Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. 13.5 cm x 20.2 cm. 259 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Partially detached endpaper. Inscription by preowner. Some spotting on page-edges.

7. Peters, Günter.

Die Kunst der Natur. Ästhetische Reflexion in Blumengedichten von Brockes, Goethe und Gautier.

München, Fink, 1993. 8°. 320 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur absolut minimalen, äußerlichen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Besitzvermerk. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

8. Rand, Benjamin.

Bibliography of Philosophy, Psychology and Cognate Subjects.

Two Volumes (Complete Set) Massachusetts, Peter Smith / The Macmillan Company, 1949. 19.2 cm x 26.1 cm. Pagination: Volume I: XXIV, 542 pages. Volume II: VI, 649 pages (p.543-p.1192). Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tanning to edges of both volumes. Otherwise excellent, very clean and binding strong. [Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology – Volume III: Part I and Part II – Edited by James Mark Baldwin].

9. Ross, Stephanie.

What Gardens Mean.

Chicago and London, The University of Chicago Press, 1989. 22 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 271 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Contains some notes in pencil by pre-owner.

10. Saisselin, Remy G.

The Rule of Reason and the Ruses of the Heart. A Philosophical Dictionary of Classical French Criticism, Critics, and Aesthetic Issues.

Cleveland, The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 308 pages. Hardcover. Original cloth with dustjacket. Very good condition. Dustjacket shows only traces of usage. Wrapped in protective mylar. Very clean copy.