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Monographs Illustrative of the Economics of the Province of Bologna No. 1: Bologna's Applied Arts and Crafts
by Valeri, Francesco Malaguzzi; F. De Morsier
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very good condition
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About This Item
Bologna: Provincial Council of Economics of Bologna, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. 487/500. Quarto. 59 (12)pp., 8 plates, LXXVI (I) Plates. Original tan cloth with brown decorative pattern and lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated half-title. Publisher's emblem on title page. Lithograph of the office of the Provincial Council of Economics of Bologna tipped onto verso of title page. Decorative head- and endpieces, decorative initials. First monograph in a series to promote the Bologna economy. With various contributions on applied arts and crafts, including sculpture, carving, inlays, furniture, wrought iron, goldsmith's art, engravings, bronzes, silver plate, metal, terracotta, ceramics, marbles, stucco, gildings, stained glass, mosaics, embroidery, brocades, lace, tapestry, shawls, carpets, typography, photogravure, zincography, artistic bindings, ornamented leather. Beautifully illustrated with b/w reproduction on eight glossy, and sixty-four pages with sepia-toned reproductions on regular paper, followed by twelve plates with two color and b/w lithographs and graphic arts color offset reproductions at rear. One of them with silver overprint. Index card with handwritten notes dated 1922 and 1928 laid in. Binding with light wear along edges.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47178
- Title
- Monographs Illustrative of the Economics of the Province of Bologna No. 1: Bologna's Applied Arts and Crafts
- Author
- Valeri, Francesco Malaguzzi; F. De Morsier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Provincial Council of Economics of Bologna
- Place of Publication
- Bologna
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- sculpture, carving, inlays, furniture, wrought iron, goldsmith's art, engravings, bronzes, silver plate, metal, terracotta, ceramics, marbles, stucco, gilding, stained glass, mosaics, embroidery, brocades, lace, tapestry, shawls, carpets, typography, phot
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