Mona Lisa: The history of the world's famous painting by DONALD SASSOON - 2001

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Hardback. Very Good.

UsedVeryGood. We flipped through this book and didn't notice any notes or underlines. Minor shelf wear Very slight shelf wear to the dust jacket Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

London: Harper Collins. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near FineDustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A very nice copy. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 350 pages. The history of the world's most famous painting. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

HarperCollins Publishers 2001 Hardback. Very Good.

London, England: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. Hardcover. VG+. (scuffs & scratches to boards; lower corner bumped & creased.). black boards w/ gilt spine printing. book xv, 350 pages w/ color illustrations. pictorial dustjacket w/ gilt & white printing. "For nearly five hundred years the painting - and the smile on the face of the sitter - has been a source of mystery, speculation and reverence. In this new book Donald Sassoon describes not only the Mona Lisa and its history, but its mythology, and the processes which have combined to raise it to its current unrivalled level of fame. He examines Leonardo's innovative techniques; the problems concerning the identity of the sitter; what happened to the painting after it left Italy when Leonardo joined King Francois I's court in France; the copies made in the seventeenth century; its celebration by nineteenth-century intellectuals; its theft and disappearance early in the twentieth century; the surrealists', other avant-garde artists' and… Read More

8vo. dustwrapper. [i-xv]. [1]. 350pp. 51 illustrations. signed by author on half title. pages tanned otherwise a good copy.

Hardback. Like New.

London HarperCollins Publishers 2001. 2001. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 350pp index, colour illus. fine / near fine d/w. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.