THE BIRTH OF WESTERN PAINTING A HISTORY OF COLOUR, FORM AND ICONOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATED FROM THE PAINTINGS OF MISTRA AND MOUNT ATHOS, OF GIOTTO AND DUCCIO, AND OF EL GRECO
by Byron, Robert, and David Talbot Rice
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1930.. Large, thick quarto. Gilt lettered three piece cloth, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Frontis and 93 plates. Large woodcut bookplate of H. I. McMorran on front pastedown. Hint of slight darkening to the white spine, otherwise very near fine. First edition. One of 650 numbered copies for distribution in the UK. Knopf distributed 365 numbered copies in the US the following year.
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- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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- Title
- THE BIRTH OF WESTERN PAINTING A HISTORY OF COLOUR, FORM AND ICONOGRAPHY, ILLUSTRATED FROM THE PAINTINGS OF MISTRA AND MOUNT ATHOS, OF GIOTTO AND DUCCIO, AND OF EL GRECO
- Author
- Byron, Robert, and David Talbot Rice
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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