Dwarfs and Jesters in Art
by Tietze-Conrat, E
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
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About This Item
London/New York: Phaidon Publishers, Inc./Garden City Books, 1957. First English Language Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Fascinating look at the portrayal of "little people,'' focusing on dwarfs, & court jesters, in European art of the mid-15th-mid-17th centuries, in 111 pages, with 90 black-and-white illustrations. Translated from the original German (no date), this is the First English-language edition from Phaidon Press,1957.With tan textured cloth over boards & embossed lettering to front & spine in a deeper brown, this hardcover book is in VG+ condition: extremely clean, binding straight & strong, pages modestly tanned, but unmarked. Slight dent to mid-fore edge side of front board, f Our photos depict the EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017649
- Title
- Dwarfs and Jesters in Art
- Author
- Tietze-Conrat, E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- Phaidon Publishers, Inc./Garden City Books
- Place of Publication
- London/New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- ART PAINTING ARTISTS LITTLE PEOPLE DWARVES COURT JESTER MIDDLE AGES MEDIEVAL FOOLS KNAVES SCULPTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art-Artists; Cultural Studies/Popular & Folk Culture/Countercultures;
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