The Study and Criticism of Italian Sculpture
by Pope-Hennessy, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0870992392
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992391
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarto bound in light russet cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 270 pages. Illustrated with 244 black and white photographs. First edition. A compilation of ten essays by world-renowned Renaissance Art authority John Pope Hennessy dealing with both individual artists, as well as "the religious symbolism, myth, and allegory that are reflected in the Italian plaquette" of th early Renaissance. No previous ownership marks. Minor incidental wear to dust-jacket, albeit near fine. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a very good+ dust-jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018947
- Title
- The Study and Criticism of Italian Sculpture
- Author
- Pope-Hennessy, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870992392
- ISBN 13
- 9780870992391
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Art, Sculpture, Italian 15th Century Sculpture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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Staten Island, New York
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