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Canaletto (Antonio Canal)
by Moschini, Vittorio
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Spray, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Milano: Milano Editore Aldo Martello, 1955. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Canaletto. Another fine contribution to the series, Great Italian Artist. Big, tall, quarto hardcover format copy measuring 9 1/2" x 12 1/2" in size, bound handsomely in a burgundy buckram cloth cover, with beautiful gilt lettered black leather label to front cover and spine. Ex-libris bookplate, quite nice, of Leigh M. Battson at first free endpaper. Fine homage to the Italian master, Antonio Canal (Canaletto). 70 pp. Replete with black-and-white and full-color illustrations. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear but mostly of creasing to inside jacket flaps, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped.ages. 278 plates. Letterpress achieved by the author.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Bookseller
- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 348845
- Title
- Canaletto (Antonio Canal)
- Author
- Moschini, Vittorio
- Illustrator
- Canaletto
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Milano Editore Aldo Martello
- Place of Publication
- Milano
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antonio Canal|Italian artists|art history|Italian painters|Vittorio Moschini
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