New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1888 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Octavo. 8vo. xiv, 534 pp, author's note to the American edition, preface, I. The Problem for the Fine Arts; II. Architecture; III. Sculpture; IV - VI. Painting; VII. Venetian Painting; VIII. Life of Michael Angelo; IX. Life of Benvenuto Cellini; X. The Epigoni; Appendices: I. The Pulpits of Pisa and Ravello; II. Michael Angelo's Sonnets; III. Chronological Tables. Light wear to board edges with separating endpapers of hinges, but does not effect binding, slight age-toning to prelims, and age-toned text block edges. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 5.75x8.25. Maroon cloth with decorative front board, a gilt figure to same, and gilt lettering to spine. "This book is one of the three written on the 'Renaissance in Italy'. The other two are respectively called 'the Age of the Despots' and 'The Revival of Learning'. All three deal with the politics and the scholarship of the period..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005097
Title: Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts (Part III)
Author: Symonds, John Addington
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1888
Keywords: ART HISTORY FINE ARTS RENAISSANCE ITALY HISTORY CULTURE ART LIVES AND WORKS INTERPRETATION AND CRITICISM
Bookseller catalogs: ART HISTORY;
Size: Octavo

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...