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Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450
by Kanter, Laurence B.; Boehm, Barbara Drake; Strehlke, Carl Brandon, Et Alia
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870997254
- ISBN 13
- 9780870997259
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio bound in bright red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. 394 pages. Bibliography and Index. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello. Introduction by Laurence B. Kantor followed by articles by various contributing scholars. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. A monumental work, issued in connection with the exhibition under the same title held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from November 17, 1994 to February 26, 1995. This work focuses on the often overlooked painting genres of manuscript illumination, panel paintings and works in perishable media [e.g. drawings, embroideries and reverse painting on glass]. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large heavy book, Priority and International order will require additional postage. calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018573
- Title
- Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450
- Author
- Kanter, Laurence B.; Boehm, Barbara Drake; Strehlke, Carl Brandon, Et Alia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0870997254
- ISBN 13
- 9780870997259
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Art, Illuminated Manuscripts, Books About Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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