A bibliographic database of books that Frank Lloyd Wright owned or had access to.
The Database
Das K.K. Hof-Opernhaus in Wien von van der Nüll und von Siccardsburg: Gezeichnet von Paul Lange etc. - Gestochen von H. Bültemeyer, Ed. Obermayer etc. Text von Hans Auer.. Wien: Ad. Lehmann, 1885.
Chicago and its suburbs. Chicago: T.A. Hungerford & Co., 1874.
American architect and building news.. New York: American architect.
"The Building News." The Building News..
Empfangs-Gebäude für den Central-Bahnhof zu Frankfurt.. Berlin: Wasmuth, 1881.
Compositions et dessins. Paris: Librairie Centrale d'Architecture., 1884.
Architectural Drawing. [With plates.. London: Cassell & Co., 1887.
Le nouvel Opéra de Paris.. Paris: Ducher, 1880.
Monographie du château de Heidelberg, dessiné et gravé. Paris: Morel, 1859.
Das opernhaus zu Frankfurt a.M.. Berlin: Ernst & Korn, 1883.
Fragments d'Architecture: Égypte-Grèce-Rome-Moyen Âge-Renaissance- Âge Moderne. Paris: A. Morel libraire-éditeur, 1868.
Rathaus zu Wiesbaden. Berlin: Wasmuth, 1883.
Matériaux et documents d'architecture et de sculpture.. Paris : Ducher.
Die Baukunst Spaniens dargestellt in ihren hervorragendsten Werken: Aufnahmen von M. Junghändel, Text von C. Gurlitt.. Dresden, 1889.
Barock- und rococo-architektur,. Berlin: E. Wasmuth, 1884.
English cathedrals.. New York: Century Co., 1892.
Architectural sketches from the continent. London: Published by Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen Gate Street Lincolns Inn Fields. And by Thompson & Co. 45 Pall Mall S.W., 1858.
Wiener Monumental-Bauten. Abth. 5, Abth. 5,. Wien: Ad. Lehmann, 1892.
Denkmäler Deutscher Renaissance. Herausgegeben von K.E.O.F.. Berlin, 1882, etc, 1882.
Selections of Byzantine ornament. New York: W. Helburn, 1890.
Albert Levy's architectural photographic series. Second series, Second series,. New York: Albert Levy.
Specimens of mediaeval architecture. London: Day and Son, 1862.
Discourses on architecture,. Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1889.
A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern ... Made English for the benefit of builders. To which is added, An account of architects and architecture ... With Leon Baptista Alberti's treatise Of statues. By John Evelyn ... The second edition w. London: D. Brown, etc., 1707.
Gebrüder Armbrüster "Kunstschmiede & Eisenconstructions, Werkstätten," Frankfurt A/M.. Frankfurt: Gebr. Armbrüster.
Early Christian architecture in Ireland. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1878.
Die Architectur des classischen Alterthums und der Renaissance. Stuttgart: Ebner & Seubert, 1872.
Palast-Architektur von Ober-Italien und Toscana vom XV. bis XVII. Jahrhundert Toscana. Berlin: Wasmuth, 1883.
Ancient sepulchral monuments: containing illustrations of over six hundred examples from various countries and from the earliest periods down to the end of the eighteenth century : with descriptive and general index. London: Printed for the authors by Vincent Brooks, 1887.
Edifices de Rome moderne. Paris: Pinard, 1872.
The Mansions of England in The Olden Time: I-IV. London, 1869.
L'architecture du Vme au XVIIme siècle et les arts qui en dépendent: la sculpture, la peinture murale, la peinture sur verre, la mosaïque, la ferronnerie, etc.. Paris: A. Morel, 1869.
Architectural studies in Italy. Glasgow: Maclure, Macdonald, 1890.
Croquis d'Architecture.. Paris, 1866.
Encyclopedie de l'architecture et de la construction. 6.1. 6.1.. Paris: Dujardin et C.ie, 1884.
Artistic country-seats: types of recent American villa and cottage architecture, with instances of country club-houses. New York: D. Appleton, 1886.
"L'Encyclopédie d'Architecture, journal mensuel publié sous la direction de V. Calliat. (Un texte descriptif et des notices historiques par M.A. Lance.)." L'Encyclopédie d'Architecture, journal mensuel publié sous la direction de V. Calliat. (Un texte descriptif et des notices historiques par M.A. Lance.). (1851).
"Revue generale de l architecture et des travaux publics." Revue generale de l architecture et des travaux publics. (1851).
American architecture. New York: Harper & Bros., 1892.
The Choice of a dwelling.., 1872.
History of Indian and eastern architecture. London: J. Murray, 1876.
Architectural studies in France. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1890.
Henry Hobson Richardson, and his works. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1888.
Convenient houses, with fifty plans for the housekeeper Architect and housewife; a journey through the house; fifty convenient house plans; practical house building for the owner; business points in building; how to pay for a home.. New York: T.Y. Crowell & Co., 1889.
Architecture for general readers.. New York, 1895.
Architectural Compositions. Boston.
Byzantine painting, with an introd. and notes by Gervase Mathew.. New York: Pitman Pub. Co., 1950.
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci,. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939.
El Greco. New York: Phaidon, 1949.
The gentle art of making enemies., 1890.
The art revival in Austria. London: The Studio, 1906.
The Masters of Ukioye. A complete historical description of Japanese paintings and color prints of the genre school ... as shown in exhibition at the Fine Arts Building ... New York, January, 1896, by W.H. Ketcham, etc. [With preface by F.W. Gookin.. New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1896.
Artists' wives. London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1902.
Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst. Vol. 1, 2. München: Piper, 1920.
Creative art in Britain from the earliest times to the present.. London: Macmillan, 1950.
Thoughts of A. Stirling Calder on art and life.. New York: Priv. Print., 1947.
The art of Jacob Epstein. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1942.
Outlines of the history of art.. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1879.
[History of Georgian Art]., 1950.
Degas, rendered into English by J. Holroyd-Reece, with more than one hundred plates.. London: E. Benn, 1923.
The Studio Annual, 1942-1943., 1943.
Studies in Seven Arts. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1907.
Inspiration: An Essay by Louis Sullivan, Architect. Chicago, 1886.
Japanese illustration: a history of the arts of wood-cutting and colour printing in Japan. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1904.
The Japanese print: an interpretation. Chicago: Ralph Flectcher Seymour, 1912.
The Japanese print: an interpretation. Chicago: Ralph Flectcher Seymour, 1912.
Catalogue of a memorial exhibition of Japanese color prints from the collection of the late Clarence Buckingham: with notes explanatory and descriptive and an introductory essay by Frederick William Gookin : [held] January 12 to February 21, 1915. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1915.
"In the galleries." (1907).
Svenska kulturbilder. Vol. 1-6. Stockholm: Skoglund, 1934.
2000 years of Japanese art.. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1958.
Pageant of Japanese Art: Painting. Tokyo: Toto Shuppan Co. [distributed by C.E. Tuttle, 1957.
Masolino a Castiglione Olona,. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1946.
Société de reproduction des dessins de maîtres, 1909-1914.. Vol. 1-6. Paris: no publ., 1909.
Pageant of Japanese art. Vol. 1-6? Tokyo: Toto Bunka Co., 1952.
Early Chinese paintings from A.W. Bahr collection. London: The Chiswick Press, Ltd., 1938.
Currier & ives–printmakers to the american people.. New York: Doubleday, 1942.
Masterpieces selected from the Kōrin school: with biographical sketches of the artists of the school and some critical descriptions Vol. 1 Vol. 1. Tokyo: Shimbi Shoin, 1903.
El Greco. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952.
The tao of painting. New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1956.
Point and line to plane. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1947.
The Primitives....Japanese Prints. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago (?), 1955.
L'Icone russe. Prague: Seminarium Kondakovianum, 1928.
Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese Colour-prints, the collection of Alexander G. Mosle. Leipzig: "Printed for Mr. Mosle", 1927.
Svenska kulturbilder. Vol. 1-6. Stockholm: Skoglund, 1935.
Beato Angelico: gli affreschi di San Marco a Firenze. Milano: Edizioni d'arte Amilcarre Pizzi, 1946.
William Blake's designs for Gray's poems: reproduced in monochrome or colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton. London: Oxford University Press, 1922.
Das Werk von Gustav Klimt.. Wien: Heller, 1918.
The Japanese Print, An Interpretation. Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour Co., 1912.
Hiroshige, An Exhibition of Colour Prints from the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright. Chicago: Art Insitute of Chicago, 1906.
[Collection of famous pieces by Utamaro]. Japan, 1917.
Japanese colour-prints and their designers,. New York: The Japan Society, 1913.
L'œuvre peint de Goya. Vol. 1-4. Paris: F. de Nobele, 1928.
Illustrations of The book of Job: being all the water-colour designs, pencil drawings and engravings reproduced in facsimile. New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1935.
Byzantine frescoes and icons in Yugoslavia.. London: Thames., 1958.
A general view of the fine arts, critical and historical. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1851.
Pieter Bruegel the elder (about 1525-1569). New York: Abrams, 1954.
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci 2. 2.. London: Cape, 1945.
Blake's illustrations to the Divine comedy.. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953.
Leonardo da Vinci.. Zürich, Leipzig: Fretz & Wasmuth Verlag, 1939.
The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. New York: George Braziller, 1939.
The story of art. London: Phaidon Press, 1950.
The Bayeux tapestry: a comprehensive survey. London: Phaidon, 1957.
Picasso: blue and pink periods.. New York: Tudor Pub. Co., 1956.
Blake's pencil drawings. Second series edited by Geoffrey Keynes for the Nonesuch Press: [prospectus. London: Nonesuch Press, 1956.
Paradise lost, illustrated by William Blake.. Liverpool, Eng.: Lyceum Press, 1906.
Leonardo Da Vinci.. New York: Reynal and Co., 1956.
Orientation for modern times. Understanding modern art division. An interpretation of the historical, psychological, philosophical, and scientific backgrounds of modern art.. Chicago: The Delphian Society, 1936.
Italian painting: the creators of the Renaissance. Geneva: A. Skira, 1950.
India: paintings from Ajanta caves. New York: New York Graphic Society by arrangement with UNESCO, 1954.
Great works of art and what makes them great .... New York; London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925.
Picasso: 75th anniversary exhibition : the Museum of Modern Art, New York, May 22-September 8, 1957 : the Art Institute of Chicago, October 29-December 8, 1957. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1957.
Japan and its art. London: The Fine Art Society, 1889.
The industries of Japan: together with an account of its agriculture, forestry, arts, and commerce. From travels and researches undertaken at the cost of the Prussian government. New York: A.G. Armstrong, 1889.
Japan in art and industry: with a glance at Japanese manners and customs. London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893.
Italian Renaissance. New York: Helburn & Hagen.
Grundriss der Kunstgeschichte. Stuttgart: Ebner & Seubert, 1887.
Geschichte der deutschen Kunst von den frühesten Zeiten bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart: Ebner & Seubert, 1890.
The makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola and their city. London; New York: Macmillan, 1891.
Taittirīyopaniṣad: including original passages, construed text (anvaya) with a literal word by word translation, English rendering of each passage, copious notes, and introductory note. Madras, India: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1942.
The Ramayana as told by Aubrey Menen. New York: Charles Scribner, 1954.
The way of life. New York: New American Library, 1955.
The wisdom of Laotse. New York: Modern Library, 1948.
Composition: a series of exercises selected from a new system of art education. New York: The Baker and Taylor Company, 5 and 7 East Sixteenth Street, 1899.
Glimpses of world history., 1942.
The spirit of the Chinese people., 1915.
Buddhism being a sketch of the life and teachings of Gautama, the Buddha.. London; New York: Society for promoting Christian knowledge; E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1890.
Confucianism and Taoism. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889.
The Bhagavad-Gita. The book of devotion ... From the Sanskrit by William Q. Judge. Eleventh edition.. Los Angeles: The Theosophy Co., 1928.
The Bhagavad Gita an immortal song. Los Angeles, Calif: DeVorss & Co., 1945.
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei / an interpretation / by Henri Borel ; translated by M.E. Reynolds.. New York: Brentano's, 1919.
Buddha, his life, his teachings ... Second edition.. Society for the Resuscitation of Indian Literature: Calcutta, 1910.
The way of life Lao Tzu: a new translation of the Tao Te Ching. New York: New American Library, 1955.
Tao-tê-ching: Lao-tzǔ's tao and wu wei. New York: Brentano, 1919.
The sayings of Confucius a new tr of the greater part of the Confucian Analects. London: J. Murray, 1949.
The Bhagavad-gita: the book of devotion : dialogue between Krishna, lord of devotion and Arjuna, prince of India.. Covina, Cal.: Theosophical Univ. Press, 1946.
The wisdom of Confucius.. New York: Modern Library, 1943.
India: paintings from Ajanta caves. New York: New York Graphic Society by arrangement with UNESCO, 1954.
Living by Zen.. London; New York: Rider, 1950.
Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics. By R.H. Blyth.. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1948.
Picturesque India a handbook for European travellers,. London; New York: G. Routledge & Sons, 1890.
History of Indian and eastern architecture. London: J. Murray, 1876.
Strange Life of Ivan Osokin. New York: Holme Press, 1947.
The autobiography of an idea., 1924.
Herman Melville., 1929.
A goodly fellowship. Macmillan,: New York.
Past imperfect. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1942.
Memoirs. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1942.
The story of my life,., 1932.
Autobiography. New York: Devin-Adair Company, 1941.
The excellent becomes the permanent. New York: Macmillan, 1932.
Herbert Hoover: a reminiscent biography. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928.
Father of radio.. Chicago: Wilcox & Follett, 1950.
Margaret Sanger; an autobiography.. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938.
A goodly fellowship,., 1939.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Vol. 1, 2. "privately printed", 1880.
Letters from Lloyd Lewis showing steps in the research for his biography of U.S. Grant.. Boston: Little, Brown, 1950.
Puccini: a biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.
Flagellum, or, The life and death, birth and burial of O. Cromwell, the late usurper. London: Printed by W.G. for Randall Taylor, 1665.
The Life of William Morris Volume I. Volume I.. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899.
The early life of Abraham Lincoln: containing many unpublished documents and unpublished reminiscences of Lincoln's early friends. New York: S. S. McClure, 1896.
Bacon is Shake-speare. New York: J. McBride, 1910.
Green memories; the story of Geddes Mumford.. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1947.
Sherman, fighting prophet. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1932.
The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Vol. 1-12. New York: Aventuros, 1925.
Blake.. Faber, 1945.
With Walt Whitman in Camden .... London; Boston: Gay & Bird ; Small, Maynard & Company, 1906.
Speak, memory. An autobiography revisited. New York: G.P. Putnam' Sons, 1951.
The life of Samuel Johnson LL. D.. London; New York: George Newnes Limited ; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904.
Oscar Wilde: his life and confessions. 2v. 2v.. 26 Waverley Place, New York: Oscar Wilde, 1918.
The life and works of Goethe: with sketches of his age and contemporaries.. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930.