Mexican Architecture of the Sixteenth Century
by George Alexander Kubler (1912-1996)
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2 volumes. xviii+230 pages with frontispiece, tables, charts, drawings, illustrations, plates and folding map. viii+[231]-574 pages with tables, charts, drawings, illustrations, plates, appendix and index. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Yale Historical Publications; History of Art Volume V. First editions.
George Kubler was an American art historian and among the foremost scholars on the art of Pre-Columbian America and Ibero-American Art. His second book, Mexican Architecture of the Sixteenth Century, appeared in 1948 which was a momentous work focusing primarily on church architecture and its development in the fifteen hundreds. He chaired the department of art at Yale between 1953-1956.
Condition: Lacks slipcase. Points rubbed, previous owner's name to front pastedowns, some light shelf wear else very good.
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- Title
- Mexican Architecture of the Sixteenth Century
- Author
- George Alexander Kubler (1912-1996)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 2 volumes
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mexico
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- Colonial America;
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