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• Islamic decoration and ornament
• Decoration and ornament -- Catalogs
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• A Handbook of Mohammedan Decorative Arts (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1930), by M. S. Dimand
  • page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Handbook of Muhammadan Art (third edition; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958), by M. S. Dimand (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Handbook of Muhammadan Art (second edition, revised and enlarged; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944), by M. S. Dimand (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c2004)
  • PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org
  • page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google
• Les Éléments de l'Art Arabe: Le Trait des Entrelacs (in French; Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie, 1879), by Jules Bourgoin
  • page images at Gallica
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Materialien zur Älteren Geschichte Armeniens und Mesopotamiens; Mit Einem Beitrage, Arabische Inschriften aus Armenien und Diyarbekr (in German; Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1907), by Ferdinand Friedrich Carl Lehmann-Haupt, contrib. by Max van Berchem
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987), by Charles Kyrle Wilkinson (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Modern American Grotesque: Literature and Photography (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2009), by James Goodwin (PDF at Ohio State)
• Apuntes para la Historia de la Caricatura (in Spanish; 1877), by Jacinto Octavio Picón (page images at HathiTrust)
• A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art (London: Chatto and Windus, 1875), by Thomas Wright, illust. by F. W. Fairholt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Modern American Grotesque: Literature and Photography (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2009), by James Goodwin (PDF at Ohio State)
• A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art (London: Chatto and Windus, 1875), by Thomas Wright, illust. by F. W. Fairholt
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• A Handbook of Muhammadan Art (third edition; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958), by M. S. Dimand (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Handbook of Muhammadan Art (second edition, revised and enlarged; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944), by M. S. Dimand (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of the Valuable Art Property, Antiques, Curios and Artistic Objects of Utility Removed From the Residence of the Noted Playwright, the Late Clyde Fitch, to be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale for the Benefit of the Actors' Fund of America (estate auction catalog, 1918), by American Art Association
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• American Art Auction Catalogues, 1785-1942: A Union List (New York: New York Public Library, 1944), by Harold Lancour (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Auction on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, February 5, 6 and 7, at 2.30 O'Clock, in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 366 Fifth Ave., Near Thirty-Fourth St., New York (1903), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by James P. Silo (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, November 6, 7, 8, 1902, at 2.30 O'Clock, at Copley Hall, Boston (1902), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by Frank A. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Auction on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, February 5, 6 and 7, at 2.30 O'Clock, in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 366 Fifth Ave., Near Thirty-Fourth St., New York (1903), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by James P. Silo (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, November 6, 7, 8, 1902, at 2.30 O'Clock, at Copley Hall, Boston (1902), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by Frank A. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Objects of Art, Including Miniature Portraits, Battersea Enamels, Eighteenth Century Fans, Gold Mounted Snuff Boxes: Collection Belonging to the Estate of the Late Edith Kingdon Gould, Sold by Order of the Executors Jay Gould and Charles Prentiss Noyes (New York: American Art Association, 1929), by American Art Association
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Terre Cotte Artistiche e Decorative (illustrated catalog in Italian; Florence et al: Lit. A. Ruffoni, ca. 1900), by Manifattura di Signa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Sikes 1939 Catalog 1940: Modern; Old Chatham; Colonist Craft (Buffalo: Sikes Co., ca. 1939), by Sikes Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• The London Chair-Makers' and Carvers' Book of Prices for Workmanship, As Regulated and Agreed To by a Committee of Master Chair-Manufacturers and Journeymen (third edition; London: T. Brettell, 1829), by Committee of Master Chair-Manufacturers and Journeymen (London, England) (multiple formats at Google)

• Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of The Late Howard Reifsnyder, Including Signed Pieces by Philadelphia Cabinetmakers, Formerly Contained in The Reifsnyder Residence, The Pennsylvania Museum and Mount Pleasant Mansion, Philadelphia; Sold by Order of The Executors Hannah G. Reifsnyder and Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company, Philadelphia (New York: American Art Association, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, or, Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, in the Newest and Most Approved Taste: Displaying a Great Variety of Patterns ... in the Plainest and Most Enriched Styles: With a Scale to Each, and an Explanation in Letter Press: Also, the Plan of a Room, Shewing the Proper Distribution of the Furniture, from drawings by A. Hepplewhite and Co. (reprinted from 1794 I. and J. Taylor third edition; London: B.T. Batsford, 1897), by A. Hepplewhite and Co., contrib. by George Hepplewhite (page images at Wisconsin)

• The London Cabinet-Makers' Union Book of Prices (London: Printed by Ballintine and Byworth for the Committee, 1811), by London Cabinet Makers (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Baltimore Federal Furniture in the American Wing (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972), by Marilynn Johnson (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of The Late Howard Reifsnyder, Including Signed Pieces by Philadelphia Cabinetmakers, Formerly Contained in The Reifsnyder Residence, The Pennsylvania Museum and Mount Pleasant Mansion, Philadelphia; Sold by Order of The Executors Hannah G. Reifsnyder and Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company, Philadelphia (New York: American Art Association, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Migration Art, A.D. 300-800 (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995), by Katharine Reynolds Brown (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• American Art Posters of the 1890s in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Including the Leonard A. Lauder Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1987), by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), contrib. by David W. Kiehl, Phillip Dennis Cate, and Nancy Finlay (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Baltimore Federal Furniture in the American Wing (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972), by Marilynn Johnson (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other Discovery Tools (final report to Library of Congress, 2006), by Karen Calhoun (PDF at loc.gov)

• Books, Manuscripts and Bindings Remarkable for Their Rarity, Beauty and Interest (catalog #456; London: Maggs Bros., 1924), by Maggs Bros. (page images at HathiTrust)
• First Editions of Boswell, Johnson, and Other Authors, Early Printing, Americana, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (exhibition and sale catalog for books and autographs owned by Amos Ettinger and others; 1938), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Literary and Scholastic Texts of the First Millennium B.C. (v2 in the Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York: The Museum, c2005), ed. by Ira Spar and W. G. Lambert (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
• Private Archive Texts from the First Millennium B.C. (v3 in the Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York: The Museum, c2000), ed. by Ira Spar and Eva Von Dassow, contrib. by J. N. Postgate and Linda Bregstein (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
• Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C. (v1 in the Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York: The Museum, c1988), ed. by Ira Spar (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• A Century of American Printing, 1701-1800: A Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets, With a Few Newspapers From the Presses of That Part of North America Now Called The United States (London: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, 1916), by Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lepidoptera of the Congo: Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together With Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species (1920), by W. J. Holland (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Medallic Art of the American Numismatic Society, 1865-2014 (New York: American Numismatic Society, 2015), by Scott H. Miller (multiple formats at numismatics.org)

• Textile Collection: A Bibliography (3rd edition; Sacramento: American River College Library, 1982) (PDF at Arizona)

• First Editions of Boswell, Johnson, and Other Authors, Early Printing, Americana, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (exhibition and sale catalog for books and autographs owned by Amos Ettinger and others; 1938), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Notable French XVIII Century Furniture; Important Paintings (public auction catalogue for Comte Philippe de la Rochefoucauld's collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)

• Whole Earth Ecolog: The Best of Environmental Tools and Ideas (c1990), ed. by J. Baldwin, contrib. by Stewart Brand (page images at wholeearth.info)

• Inventaire Sommaire des Archives Départmentales Antérieures à 1790: Charente-Inférieure (3 volumes in French; La Rochelle: E. Martin, 1900-1906), ed. by Louis Marie Meschinet de Richemond
  • Volume 1: Series A, and B (art. 1-1005): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: Series B (art. 1006-1828): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: Series B (art. 1829-2661): multiple formats at archive.org

• Archives Départmentales de la Lozère: Répertoire Numérique, Série N (Administration et Comptabilité Départementales) (in French; Mende: Ignon-Renouard, 1916), by R. Rohmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue des Documents des Archives de la Lozère Antérieurs à 1200 (in French; Mende: Impr. Ignon-Renouard, 1922), by R. Rohmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Notable French XVIII Century Furniture; Important Paintings (public auction catalogue for Comte Philippe de la Rochefoucauld's collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
• From the Collection of the Late William Randolph Hearst (public auction catalogue for Hearst's art collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selected Art Objects from the William Randolph Hearst Collection, for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children (auction catalog; New York: Hammer Galleries, 1941), by Hammer Galleries (PDF at inha.fr)

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