The Unicorn Tapestries by Margaret B. Freeman - 1976

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976T. paperback. Good. 1.1417 in x 12.2441 in x 9.8031 in.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, The. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, distributed by E.P. Dutton, 1976. First. Hardcover. Very good in dj. 4to, cloth. 244 pp, 306 illustrations (51 in color), bibliographic notes, index.

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976. 244 S.; mit farbigen u. SW-Abb., teils ausfaltbar, Index; Schutzumschlag mit Läsuren. Erste Auflage. Leinen. Sehr gut/Zufriedenstellender SUmschlag. 31,1 cm.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1976. Cloth, 244 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Text by Margaret B. Freeman, Curator Emeritus, The Cloisters. Hunt of the unicorn. CONTENTS: Unicorn in ancient and medieval texts; Unicorn in medieval and early Renaissance art; Birds and the beasts of the tapestries; Hunt; Groves of trees, the flowery fields, and the gardens; The AE the FR and other problems relating to the original ownership of the tapestries; Making of the tapestries; Tapestries in the inventories, their treatment during the French revolution, and their history in later years. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Second Printing. Original crimson cloth. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Still in the original shipping carton. . Fine. Hardcover. 1983.

Burgundy covered Hardcover boards with blindstamped medieval letter on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Cloth slightly frayed at bottom right corner. Some wrinkling at top of text pages. Otherwise condition is very good.
DJ has small open tears to top, bottom, and back of DJ. General edgewear and chipping, and large rubbing open tear to inside right jacket fold on bottom. Price intact.
Hardcover has long been out of print. Comprehensive color photography of the tapestries was done especially for this publication, and 44 of the color images are of details essential to the author's discussion ranfing from the dramatic figure compositions to studies of the rarer plants. The author, Margaret Freeman, was Curator Emeritas of the Cloisters in New York wher the Hunt for the Unicorn tapestries may be viewed.
Mylar protected