The Drawings of the Florentine Painters (Complete in 3 Volumes - Aspreys Fine Binding)

University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London, 1970. 2nd Impression. HARDCOVER. Berenson's monumental study and a landmark in modern art history, six years in the making, first published in 1903, revised and enlarged by him in 1938 and again in the late 1950s (though those later revisions were not published until 1961 after his death). This is the best edition, the 'Collectors' Edition' of the revised 1961 edition, printed in 1970 to a high standard on good quality paper and a 1st Edition thus. 3 volumes complete, all beautifully bound by royal jewellers and binders, Aspreys of Mayfair with their tiny gilt embossed name to the bottom edge of the front cover verso in each volume. Bound in marine green cloth covered boards with full green leather spines with raised bands and gilt embossed titles and ruling, gilt ruled large corner pieces, marbled end-papers and all page-block edges gilt. Volume 1: Text, 367pp. Vol 2: Catalogue, 388pp. Vol 3: Illustrations, approx 1010 plates on 360pp, with index __CONDITION : A well preserved about FINE very clean and tight unmarked set. The spines are very slightly darkened, cover leather even less so. The end-paper outer margins are tanned but the contents are otherwise still very fresh, clean and bright. An excellent set of this groundbreaking work. __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS