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Distance Points: Essays in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture
by Ackerman, James S
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Cambridge, University: MIT Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Published by the M.I.T. Press, bound in overlarge octavo format. Bound in grey cloth with gold lettering to spine. xxvii + 561 pp.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's Inventory #
- 346228
- Title
- Distance Points: Essays in Theory and Renaissance Art and Architecture
- Author
- Ackerman, James S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, University
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- architecture|art history|Renaissance art history|Renaissance architecture|James S. Ackerman
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- Architecture;
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