Treasures of Spain from Altamira to the Catholic Kings
by Andrade, J.M.Pita
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD-/ No DJ
- Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Geneva, Switzerland: Skira, ©1967. Oversize Hardbound. VERY GOOD-/ No DJ. Tight, bright, clean interior, faint age soil to exterior page edges, faint tilt. Gift inscription on first free page. softening of spine ends and bottom, exterior corners rubbed through to boards. Red cloth with gilt, no DJ. Map of Spain; Introduction by F.J. Sanchez Canton, director of the Prado, Madrid; On the Threshold of Art (Cave paintings, Mediterranean & Roman); Triumph of the East in the West (Temples of three religions, Art in the Service of Life, The Emphasis on Decoration); Spain's Integration in Europe (Roman and Romanesque, the New Spirit of Forms, the approach of the Renaissance) plus and Index of names and places and list of illustrations. 249 pages, 124 tipped-in illustrations13x10.25" (33x26cm.) Oversize and heavy, may require additional postage for Priority or International shipping.
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- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01Y007
- Title
- Treasures of Spain from Altamira to the Catholic Kings
- Author
- Andrade, J.M.Pita
- Format/Binding
- Oversize Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD-/ No DJ
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Skira
- Place of Publication
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Date Published
- ©1967
- Keywords
- Spain
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARTS; ART / European;
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