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Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and its Symbols 1650-1815 by Ludwig, Allan I - 1966

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Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and its Symbols 1650-1815

by Ludwig, Allan I

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Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on front free endpaper, . slipcase sunned.. 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Pictorial paper boards quarter-bound in gray cloth. xxxi, 482 pages. Black and white photographs, notes, bibliographical note, sources, maps, and index. A study of the emblematic art of the stonecarver as it pertains to mortuary monuments with a broad consideration of its deep rooted and revealing aesthetic-spiritual expression. A beautiful copy in clean and sturdy slipcase. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
  • Bookseller Old Saratoga Books US (US)
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner name on front free endpaper, slipcase sunned.
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  • Edition First Printing
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  • Publisher Wesleyan University Press
  • Place of Publication Middletown, CT
  • Date Published 1966
  • Keywords Tombstones, Gravestones, Grave Stone Carvings

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Graven Images: New England Stonecarvings and its Symbols, 1650-1815

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Middleton: Wesleyan University, 1999. Third. paperback. near fine. Illustrated profusely in black and white. xlix, 482 pages. Large 8vo, matte pictorial wrappers (rear cover a bit scuffed). Middleton: Wesleyan University Press, (1999). Third edition. Near fine.<br/> <br/>
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Graven Images: New England Stone Carving ad Its Symbols, 1650-1815

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This is a comprehensive and profusely illustrated history of New England graveyard art.
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Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Cloth backed boards in slipcase, small quarto [8.75" x 11"], illustrated in b&w. Book has mild edgewear to boards and spine, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to front flyleaf, text has some pencil marginalia mostly to front end of block. Slipcase gently rubbed and toned.
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Middletown (Wesleyan University Press), 1975.. xxxi, (1), 482pp. 256 plates, 8 maps. 4to. Wraps. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Frank Sommer with a drawing.
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Middletown (Wesleyan University Press), 1966.. xxxi, (1), 482pp. 256 plates, 8 maps. Lrg. 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth. Slipcase.
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by Ludwig, Allan I

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Wesleyan University Press, 2000T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.0000 in. 1966 - Wesleyan University Press\r\nSTATED FIRST EDITION\r\nHardcover. \r\nSlipcover shows little wear.\r\nNo dust jacket.\r\nLittle cover wear.\r\nClean unmarked text.\r\nTight binding.
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Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Fine. 11.5" by 9". Not Stated. A very smart first edition of this illustrated study into the stonecarving of New England, with the original slip case. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred and fifty-six plates, and eight maps. Collated complete. Exploring the symbolic art of the stonecarver as applied to mortuary monuments. Considered one of the sole artforms developing in Puritan New England while it struggled with its abiding concern for things "not of this world" and the social distrust of ceremonies. Considering the in-depth meaning to aesthetic spiritual expression. Written by Allan I. Ludwig, an American art historian. In the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Original card slip case is sound with wear to the extremities and light loss. A split to the join of the spine with card coming away. Overall good only. Internally,… Read More
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