London, UK / New York, NY: Phaidon, 1970 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Square Quarto. 318 pp, with 255 Plates, 57 in color, View Painting and its Critical History (The Term :veduta", View Painting and Perspective Painting, The Origins of View Painting, The Methods of V.P, Patrons and the Grand Tour, The View Painters, Notes to the Introduction), Rome; Naples; Venice; Italian Journey; Madrid, Vienna; Munich; Dresden and Pirna; Haarlem and Amsterdam; Warsaw; Russian Journey; London; Paris - Versailles & the French Ports; Chronological Table, capsule biographies of artist-painters, bibliography, index of literary works, sources of photographs, list of collections, index of artists and places. Fr pastedown with previous owner bookplate, Lower textblock foreedge shows 1/2" shelfwear soil, top edge with darkened 1" - 2" spot near the hinge, else Fine / HC. No markings, tight binding, page surfaces clean, cloth crisp, surface black line cover design intact, with very slight wear to bottom hinge cloth edge. 10" x 11.3" gray cloth boards, black line design laid on fr cover & script letters to spine, in orange DJ. Top Inner DJ flap clipped. Orange pictorial DJ in mylar protector. .

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005104
Title: The View Painters of Europe
Author: Giuliano Briganti
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0714814075
ISBN 13: 9780714814070
Publisher: Phaidon
Place of Publication: London, UK / New York, NY
Date Published: 1970
Keywords: European Painting - 1675 AD to 1800 AD
Bookseller catalogs: ART HISTORY;
Size: Large Square Quarto

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