Neal Auction 2012

56 198. John Soane , Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Buildings; Executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, etc , 1788, published by Messrs. Taylor at the Architectural Library, Holborn, folio (22 in. x 14 1/2 in.), loose, no binding, now in modern cloth folio, with advertisement, title, dedication, list of subscribers, introduction, table of contents and 47 engraved plates. $1200/1800 199. [Frank Lloyd Wright, Wasmuth Portfolio] , Ausgefuhrte Bauten und Entwurfe , 1924, Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin, folio (19 in. x 12 1/2 in.), second edition (first 1910), 100 plates, with text and list of plates, loose, as issued, with original boards, with contemporary custom clamshell case, together with Plate XIII, “Prairie-Haus...”, from the 1910 edition, 15 1/2 in. x 24 1/2 in, blindstamped, also with Architectural Forum , Jan., 1948, and House Beautiful , Nov., 1955. $800/1200 200. [Russian Ballet] , W.A. Propert, The Russian Ballet in Western Europe , 1921, pub. by John Lane, London, 4to (12 3/4 in. x 10 in.), #134 of a limited edition of 500, with over 60, mostly colored, tipped-in illustrations by Picasso, Derain, Matisse, Sert, Bakst, Goncharova, Benois, Fedorovskiy and others. $500/700 Provenance: The Petersfield Bookshop, Petersfield, Hampshire, England. W 201. [Architecture & Design books, 20th c.] , 10 books including; Papadaki, Le Corbusier, Architect, Painter, Writer , 1948; Le Corbusier et Pierre Jeanneret Oeuvre Complete, 1910-46 , 1946-47, four volumes, later editions, cloth; Lawrence Grant White Sketches and Designs by Stanford White , 1920, Architectural Book Publishing, NY, folio (17 in. x 12 1/2 in.); Paul Frankl New Dimensions , 1928, 2nd printing, Payson & Clarke, NY; Karl Blossfeldt Urformen der Kunst , 1935, Wasmuth; and two issues of Moderne Bauformen , March and August, 1933. $600/900 W 202. John Ruskin , Examples of the Architecture of Venice... , 1851, published by Smith, Elder & Co., Cornhill and Colnaghi, London, in three parts, folio (21 in. x 15 in.), loose, in modern, green cloth-covered folio, with 15 engravings, aquatints and mezzotints after Ruskin. $500/700 203. [Vienna Secession] , Joseph Maria Olbrich, Architektur von Olbrich , 1904, Band I and Band II (vols. 1 & 2), published by Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin, with plates numbered 1-150, some colored, loose as issued in original maroon, cloth-backed portfolios, with ties, gilt title and decorative vignette to upper board, sheets 19 in. x 12 3/4 in. $600/900 Note: In 1897, Olbrich (1867-1908), along with Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffman and Koloman Moser, founded the Vienna Succession artistic group. The plates offered here show Olbrich’s designs for houses, furniture, decorative arts and jewelry. W 204. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) , two engravings of lighting fixtures, “Le Lucerne” and “Lucerna antica di Bronzo”, each inscribed in plate “Cav. Pirane F.” lower right, each sheet 19 in. x 25 in., framed alike. $400/600 198 203 200 199