Byzantine Wall Painting In Asia Minor - Volume I: Text, Volume II: Plates, Volume III: Plates (***3-Volume-Set in Slip Case!!!***)

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd. , 1967. © 1967 Verlag Aurel Bongers, Recklinghausen . Decorative Hardcover Canvas in Slip Case. Very Good/Very Good. 4to or 4° (Quarto): over 9¾" x 12" tall. Jeannine Le Brun (Color and Black & White Photos); Illustratioins (Photos by the Author); Karl-Friedrich Krösser (Drawings); Rüdiger Bergold (Design); Jerphanion & Thierry (Ground Plans). 246 + pp (Vol. I), 290 + (Vol. II), 551 + (Vol. III). White canvas with gilt letters on spines and gilt decorations on front cover boards; white & color illustrations on dust jackets, 246 text pp. and two fold-out maps in Vol. I; Vols. II & II contain 478 B&W illustrations, 84 color plates; 97 ground plans, drawings, 6 maps, with many fold-outs. Complete three-volume set. "The churches and chapels of Asia Minor, ancient heartland of the Byzantine Empire, house a treasury of medieval frescoes. For the last ten years Dr. Marcel Restle of the University of Vienna has explored and cataloged the paintings in seventy-eight churches, comprising essentially all of the surviving fresco paintings of Asia Minor outside Constantinople. The result of his work is presented in this three-volume publication, with more than 500 new photographs of frescoes and details. In view of the progressive deterioration of the cave churches of the area, the documentary value of this publication cannot be overestimated." (From the dust jacket) The first volume contains the text, and the second and third volumes contain the illustrations. Includes newspaper article placed by previous owner in Vol. I. Great, almost spotlessly clean copies! Solidly and tightly bound, essentially and nearly flawless copies with minimal internal and external wear and use. Copies with crisp pages, clean text, and light shelf wear. Smooth covers. Dust jackets are crisp and bright with almost no wear. Slip case in very good state. Over-sized and/or over weight books; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments.