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BERNARD QUARITCH – NEW PUBLICATIONSBURY, Stephen. Artists’ books: the book as a work of art, 1963-2000. London,Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2015.Small 4to, (232 x 228 mm), pp. 258 (including over 130 illustrations); cloth-bound.£50The history of artists’ involvement with the book formatbetween 1963 and 2000 includes a fascinating range ofartists and movements from Mallarméto the Piece of PaperPress via Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Fluxus and conceptualart. This second edition includes updated text with newbibliographic descriptions of 600 key artists’ books andover 130 new, full-page, colour illustrations taken fromthe internationally renowned Chelsea College of Art &Design Library collection. It is an indispensable resourcefor the definition and classification of artists’ books by arenowned scholar in the field.Dr Stephen Bury is the Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian, FrickArt Reference Library, New York. Previous publications include‘Artists’ Multiples’ (2001) and ‘Breaking the Rules’ (2007).ISBN 978-0-9563012-9-1Offered at the introductory price of £50 until 30 June 2015. The full price is £60.JACOBSON, Ken, and Jenny JACOBSON. Carrying off the Palaces: John Ruskin’sLost Daguerreotypes. London, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2015.Small 4to, (250 x 300 mm), pp. xxvi, 406 (including 601 illustrations); cloth-bound withpictorial dust-jacket. £85The inspiration for this book was a remarkablediscovery made by the authors at a small countryauction in 2006. One lightly regarded lot was adistressed mahogany box crammed with long-lostearly photographs. These daguerreotypes were laterconfirmed as once belonging to John Ruskin, thegreat 19th-century art critic, writer, artist and socialreformer. Moreover, the many scenes of Italy, Franceand Switzerland included the largest collection ofdaguerreotypes of Venice in the world and probablythe earliest surviving photographs of the Alps.Core to this book is a fully illustrated catalogueraisonné of the 325 known John Ruskin daguerreotypes. The overwhelming majority ofthe newly-discovered plates are published here for the first time. There are anadditional 276 illustrations in the text and an essay describing the technicalprocedures used in conserving Ruskin’s photographs. Ten chapters extensively studyRuskin’s photographic endeavours. A chronology, glossary, twenty-page bibliographyand comprehensive index complete this handsome hardback book.ISBN 978-0-9563012-7-7