M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts, The (SIGNED COPY)
by Hipkiss, Edwin J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1941. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 366 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Blue cloth cover with small gilt illustration embossed to front, gilt lettering embossed to front and spine, 270 b&w plates, appendix of supplemental b&w plates of art pieces described in collection. Previous owner's signature to front endpaper, 2 small squares of tape residue to opposite endpaper, light foxing evident of front and rear endpapers, light wear to cover. This extensive catalog is one of the finest for the study of colonial and early American furniture, painting, and the decorative of arts of the period of 1720-1820.This beautifully printed volume, set in Monotype Bembo and with full-tone collotype illustrations, established a high visual standard for furniture catalogs. Record # 804799
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- Title
- M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts, The (SIGNED COPY)
- Author
- Hipkiss, Edwin J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Art, American, , SIGNED.
- Bookseller catalogs
- art;
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