The Uffizi Gallery Museum and the Pitti Palace Collections Boxed Set
by Bonfante-Warren, Alexandra
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 2006. This handsome boxed set of two volumes is in New condition with New unclipped dust jackets and slipcase. (Click on photo.) The set features 300 full-color photographic illustrations in each volume, showing the remarkable collections of two of the world's most beautiful and famous museums: the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Representative artists include Giotto, Duccio, Raphael, Titian, Bronzino, Pontormo, Vasari, Michelandelo, Da Vinci, Bronzino, Caravaggio, Botticelli, Rubens, and many others. Each large volume measures 10 by 13 1/4 inches and includes 320 pages, with Index. The illustrated endpapers show The Medici Family genealogy. The Uffizi Gallery Museum volume is bound in a deep blue cloth with red spine, and die-stamped gilt spine lettering on the front panel and spine. The Pitti Palace Collection is bound in deep red cloth with blue spine, and die-stamped gilt spine lettering on the front panel and spine. NOTE: These books are in the 14-pound weight range. For this weight, there's little difference between domestic Media Mail shipping and Priority flat-rate shipping, so the shipping cost will be adjusted to total $10.99 following order, and the books will be shipped by Priority Mail. International buyers should be advised that the shipping cost will be adjusted to total $37.00. . First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001866
- Title
- The Uffizi Gallery Museum and the Pitti Palace Collections Boxed Set
- Author
- Bonfante-Warren, Alexandra
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Art, Painting, Sculpture, Museum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Painting, Drawing, Photography. Architecture;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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