Piero Della Francesca: La Legende de la Croix (Fresques D'Arezzo)
by Longhi, Roberto
- Used
- Condition
- VG- (some discoloration to the cover edges, ex archival art library with red withdrawn stamp on last page and black call letters
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Amiot-Dumont, 1952. Limited to 1000 copies. Hardbound. VG- (some discoloration to the cover edges, ex archival art library with red withdrawn stamp on last page and black call letters at base of spine, o/w a very nice copy, tight, fresh, appears unused). Tan cloth covered boards. 23 pp. of text followed by 39 full-page color plates, one fold-out. Text is in French.Introduces the cycle of frescoes called "The Legend of the True Cross," painted by Italian Renaissance artist Piero Della Francesca (1415-1492), for the church of San Francesco in the Tuscan town of Arezzo. Introductory text gives way to 39 pages of full-color illustrations of the frescoes. This is one of 500 copies printed in French, although no hand-written number appears before the tp, as expected. 1000 copies were printed in Italian.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36252
- Title
- Piero Della Francesca: La Legende de la Croix (Fresques D'Arezzo)
- Author
- Longhi, Roberto
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (some discoloration to the cover edges, ex archival art library with red withdrawn stamp on last page and black call letters
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited to 1000 copies
- Publisher
- Amiot-Dumont
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- European Artists ; Francesca, Piero Della ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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