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Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had (...)

This volume, the second catalogue of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare examples from the Early Christian (...)

John Taylor fue un cazador profesional de marfil que pasó treinta años de vida continua en la sabana africana. Utilizó y probó la mayoría de los diferentes rifles y calibres británicos, estadounidenses y alemanes de la época, y con ellos cazó muchas de las especies de caza mayor que se encuentran (...)

Mosques are among the greatest architectural feats and have a profound beauty: their spiritual purpose adds to their mystery and lustre. This visually stunning volume illustrates the development of the basic mosque structural and decorative elements through sixty examples including the most (...)

IBAVI 2019-2023 EL CROQUIS 219. El Instituto Balear de la Vivienda (IBAVI) es un organismo público adscrito a la Consejería de Movilidad y Vivienda del Gobierno de las Islas Baleares, cuyo principal objetivo es la promoción y el alquiler social de vivienda protegida desde 1986. El IBAVI colabora (...)

This substantial volume is the first major resource on the life and work of Gordon Onslow Ford (1912 2003), the British-born painter who was the youngest member of André Breton's surrealist group in Paris, and who spent more than 50 years in the San Francisco Bay Area.Marked by an initial interest (...)

A detailed and authoritative guide to medieval and Renaissance enamels and other outstanding works of art. A stimulus to further research and a feast for the eyes.This is the fourth catalog devoted to the Wyvern Collection, an exceptional private collection of medieval and Renaissance art. Works of (...)