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FIVE CENTURIES OF SIENESE PAINTING: FROM DUCCIO TO THE BIRTH OF BAROQUE
Written by Giulietta Chelazzi Dini; Alessandro Angelini; Bernardina Sani.
Stock no. 2139076
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown boards with gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front cover. With 389 illustrations, 247 in colour. ISBN: 0500237565. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased, with fading to spine.

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IMAGES OF NEPOTISM: THE PAINTED CEILINGS OF PALAZZO BARBERINI
Written by John Beldon Scott. Illustrated by Palazzo Barberini.
Stock no. 2138861
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title block to spine; small vignette to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0691040753. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, PAINTING
Written by Rolf Toman.
Stock no. 1822055
Published by H.F. Ullmann. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Baroque painting of the seventeenth century and the development of architecture and sculpture into the late baroque and the rococo eras, without drawing precise boundaries between them. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Extensive colour photos. ISBN: 9783848004034. Light bumping to board edges. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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M
Written by Peter Robb. Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1320358
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art forever. The author looks at the crisis in politics, religion, art and science as the seventeenth century began. Colour plates. ISBN: 0747545995. Spine bumped. A few small ink marks to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.

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BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND THE MODERNS: BAROQUE CULTURE IN RESTORATION ENGLAND
Written by Joseph M. Levine.
Stock no. 1814566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The quarrel between the ancients and the moderns was an old dispute when it was resumed with special ferocity in the later seventeenth century as writers and artists, their friend and patrons, debated how far to risk the freedom to innovate. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300079141.

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THE MASTERS OF CANDLELIGHT
Written by Christopher Wright.
Stock no. 1810495
Published by Arcos Verlag. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An anthology of the Great Masters who treated candlelight, including Georges de La Tour, Godfried Schalcken, and Joseph Wright of Derby. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, brown title block to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 3980328597. Dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners and lightly scuffed.

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VERMEER'S WORLD AN ARTIST AND HIS TOWN
Written by Irene Netta.
Stock no. 1605806
Published by Prestel. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 3791330802.

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FLEMISH PAINTING THE AGE OF RUBENS AND VAN DYCK
Written by Leo Van Van Puyvelde; Thierry Van Puyvelde. Illustrated by Anthony Van Dyck; Peter Paul Rubens.
Stock no. 1710913
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1970. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour illustrations. 243 pages. ISBN: 0297004115. Tape residue to endpapers.

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BAROQUE AND ROCOCO
Written by Erich Hubala.
Stock no. 1604762
Published by The Herbert Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. The Herbert History of Art and Architecture. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1871569044.

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THE AGE OF CARAVAGGIO
Written by John P. O'Neill; et al.
Stock no. 2111028
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0870993828. Spine a little faded. Some marks to cover edges.

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REMBRANDT'S EYES
Written by Simon Schama. Illustrated by Rembrandt.
Stock no. 1805637
Published by Allen Lane; Penguin Press. 1999. Very good condition.

Uncorrected Advance Proof. A dazzling and unconventional biography of the artist. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 702 pages. ISBN: 0713993847. Small closed tear to top edge of front cover (no loss). Light creasing to top vertical edge of a few pages of contents. Otherwise contents clean.

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CITTA DI TORINO MOSTRA DEL BAROCCO PIEMONTESE (3 VOLUMES)
No author listed.
Stock no. 586198
Published by Citta Di Torino. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition.

Three volumes. Pictorial card wraps. Architettura Scenografia; Mobili E Intagli, Tessuti E Ricami, Maioliche, Porcellane Argenti, Libri E Rilegature Monete E Medaglie; Pittura, Scultura Arazzi. B/w photos. Text in Italian. Covers of volume II are unevenly faded.

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