DUTCH PAINTING IN SOVIET MUSEUMS
Written by Yury Kuznetsov; Irene Linnik.
Stock no. 1827169
Published by Aurora Art Publishers. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Five centuries of Dutch painting. Introduction by Yury Kuznetsov provides a satisfying backdrop to the superb plates, accompanied by commentaries that offer brief biographies of the artists, the history of each work and much other information that will be of interest to scholars and art lovers. Compiled and annotated by Irene Linnik. Large, heavy format. Peach silk moire boards, gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE EARLY RENAISSANCE 1400 - 1470
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827168
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 1996. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume opens with a concise introductory text discussing various aspects of fifteenth-century fresco painting; the central section of the book examines twenty-one fresco cycles, each representing a crowning achievement in this field. A descriptive and interpretive essay introduces each cycle and is followed by a series of full-page and double-pate colour plates covering the entire work. Large, heavy volume. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789201393. Third printing. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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CATALOGUE OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS, ANTWERP
Written by Lieve Watteeuw; Catherine Reynolds.
Stock no. 1827166
Published by Peeters. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This catalogue is published in the series of the Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts (volume 20). Large format. Red cloth boards, white titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9789042929159. 'In memory of Melvin R. Seiden' plate taped in to front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and very lightly scuffed.

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PAL SZINYEI MERSE
Written by Maria Bernath. Illustrated by Pal Szinyei Merse.
Stock no. 1827160
Published by Corvina. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pal Szinyei Merse's Picnic in May is probably the most widely known and frequently reproduced of all Hungarian paintings. Maria Bernath seesk to discover the personality of the man as revealed in his journals and letters. Text in French, English and German. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations. Light rubbing to board edges. Browning and fly dirt to top edge of text block. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edges, creased to top rear edge and lightly scuffed.

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MIHALY MUNKACSY
Written by Andras Szekely. Illustrated by Mihaly Munkacsy.
Stock no. 1827158
Published by Corvina Kiado. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hungarian artist. Large format. Brown cloth boards. Gilt titles. 70 colour illustrations. Text in French, English & German. ISBN: 9631308855. A few pale marks to boards (minor). Top edge of text block has some foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed, a little scuffing to rear panel.

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PIETRO PAUOLO RUBENS
Written by Frans Baudouin. Illustrated by Peter Paul Rubens.
Stock no. 1827156
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Life and works of Peter Paul Rubens. Large, heavy format. White cloth spine, red cloth boards, gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. Browning and foxing to top edge of text block else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a minor nick to surface paper at front edge of spine and is lightly scuffed.

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ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE AGE OF GIOTTO 1280-1400
Written by Joachim Poeschke.
Stock no. 1827154
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This volume begins with an in-depth presentation of the frescoes at San Francesco in Assisi, which became the great school of Italian painting, where Giotto, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini, among others, created a new kind of painted mural and a new style of pictorial narrative. Large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789208637. Second printing. Minor red biro mark to top of text block (see photos) else a lovely copy.

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THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF TURKEY
Written by Ekrem Akurgal.
Stock no. 1827153
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Eight eminent Turkish specialists have worked together to present this book, in all its variety, from prehistoric times to the end of the Ottoman Empire. A thorough introduction to a nation with a manifold tradition in the fine arts. Edited by Ekrem Akurgal. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos, b/w plans. A hefty volume. ISBN: 0192114514. Top edge of text block browned with some foxing and also some foxing to top of vertical edge. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and very lightly scuffed.

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GAINSBOROUGH AND REYNOLDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Written by Timothy Clifford; Antony Griffiths; Martin Royalton-Kisch.
Stock no. 1827148
Published by British Museum Publications. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The drawings of Gainsborough and Reynolds with a survey of mezzotints after their paintings and a study of Reynolds' collection of Old Master drawings. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum 1978. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0714107662. A lovely copy, pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to one edge.

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VISIONS OF SPACEFLIGHT: IMAGES FROM THE ORDWAY COLLECTION
Written by Frederick I. Ordway.
Stock no. 1827145
Published by Four Walls Eight Windows. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ordway's imjpressive, world-class collection of images of space art depict scenes from works from the second century to the eve of the Space Age in the 1950s. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver titles and vignette to front. Grey pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1568581815. Bump to top front corner and top of spine. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and rubbed at edges.

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GUIDE TO THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AND MISSAL PAINTING
Written by W. Audsley; G. Audsley.
Stock no. 1827144
Published by George Rowney And Co.. 12th 1868. Good condition.

Blue textured cloth boards with embossed pattern and gilt title to front. 8 lithographic plates. All edges gilt. 72 pages plus 40 page publisher adverts to rear. Boards browned and marked, rubbed at edges, corners lightly worn. Front joint starting to crack. Front hinge pulled but binding is tight. Prelims and endpapers are grubby. Damp stain to verso of frontis, small damp stain to top margin of plates. Contents are a little grubby. If frontis is plate 4, all plates are present else plate 4 is missing.

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MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE HERMITAGE & PUSHKIN MUSEUMS
Written by Pierpont Morgan Library.
Stock no. 1827132
Published by The Pierpont Morgan Library. Circa 1998. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Believed to be hardback in dustwrapper and contained in publisher's slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little scuffed.

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