The Icon. by Weitzmann, Kurt. Gaiane Alibegasvili, Aneli Volskaja, Manolis Chatzadakis, Gordana Babic, Mihail Alpatov, and Teodora Voinescu - 1982

New York.: Alfred A. Knopf.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - 30.5 x 23.5 cm.; (4) - 419 pp. Wine red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. First published in Italian in 1981, the translation and editing into English is by Arnoldo Mondadori. This is the first American edition. A massive volume with the production values (paper used, quality of the reproductions, binding, layout and design, etc) worthy of its subject matter. Contents: "Introduction: The origins and Significance of Icons" by Kurt Weitzmann, I - "The Icons of Constantinople" by Kurt Weitzmann, II - "The Icons of Georgia" by Gaiane Alibegasvili and Aneli Volskaja, III - "The Icons of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greek Islands (1)" by Manolis Chatzidakis and Gordana Babic, IV - "The Icons of the Period of the Crusades" by Kurt Weitzmann, V - "The Icons of Russia" by Mihail Alpatov, VI - "The Icons of the Balkan Peninsula and the Greek Islands (2)" by Gordana Babic and Manolis Chatzidakis, VII - "The Post-Byzantine Icons of Wallachia and Moldavia" by Teodora Voinescu. Three page list of selected readings at the back. The book itself shows only very mild wear to the spine tips while the unclipped dust jacket has some very minor edge wear and light scuffing. .