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World-Famous Paintings (100 Full Color, Tipped-In Plates)

World-Famous Paintings (100 Full Color, Tipped-In Plates)

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World-Famous Paintings (100 Full Color, Tipped-In Plates)

by Kent, Rockwell (ed)

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Very Good with no dust jacket
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NY: Wise & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown padded cloth, brown lettering on spine and cover, green and white printed endpapers. Unpaginated (approx. 450 pp.). Profusely illustrated with 100 tipped-in, full-page, full-color plates, each preceded by a page with historical and biographical data, an analysis of the specific work by Rockwell Kent, and list of other major works by the artist on the reverse. Edited, with an Introduction by Rockwell Kent. The artists depicted include: Giovanni Bellini, Botticelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albetinelli, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Correggio, Bordone, Moroni, Jan van Eyck, Memling, Mabuse, Rubens, Van Dyck, Dürer, Holbein, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Ter Borch, De Hooch, Metsu, Vermeer, Maes, Hobbema, Velásquez, Murillo, Watteau, Nattier, Chardin, Boucher, Perroneau, Greuze, Fragonard, Le Brun, Millet, Corot, Meissonier, Muenier, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Renoir, Manet, Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Romney, Raeburn, Morland, Lawrence, Turner, Constable, Cox, De Wint, Maclise, Watts, Brown, Landseer, Rossetti, Millais, Burne-Jones, Yeames, Orchardson, Pettie, Holiday, Moore, Somerscales, Parsons, Cotman, Whistler, Homer, Eakins, Ryder, Sargent, Bellows, and Wood.. This is an unmarked copy, with the front hinge just starting, but still tight and square. All pages and plates are in perfect condition. Head and heel of the spine moderately worn with a small closed tear at head. A heavy book (seven pounds) - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. . Tipped-in Color Plates. Thick 4to 11" - 13" tall. Unpaginated pp .

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Bookseller
Round Table Books, LLC US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
26890
Title
World-Famous Paintings (100 Full Color, Tipped-In Plates)
Author
Kent, Rockwell (ed)
Format/Binding
Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition
First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Wise & Co.
Place of Publication
NY
Date Published
1939
Keywords
Art;, Art History;, History;, Color Plates;, Painting;, Fine Art;

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