Agua, color y permanencia: la historia de la acuarela en Costa Rica
by Alvarado Venegas, Ileana; with Guardia Yglesias, María Enriqueta
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New condition/New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9968960705
- ISBN 13
- 9789968960700
- Seller
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About This Item
San José, Costa Rica: Museos, Banco Central de Costa Rica, 2005. Text in Spanish, with an English summary. Limited to 1,000 copies. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Gorgeously illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolor paintings. Bound in the original white boards with full color accents. Complete with matching dust jacket. From the publisher: "Panorama of watercolor painting in Costa Rica, a technique that started in the 1930s with the fundamental roles of Fausto Pacheco, Margarita Bertheau and later continued by Luis Daell, whose passionate teachings added a new dimension to the art and promoted a new generation of contemporary watercolor artists such as: Francisco Amighetti, Gisela Stradtmann, Margarita Gomez de Figuls, Rosella Matamoros, Virginia Berrocal among others." Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.5" tall. This large, heavy book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail.. Primera edicion: First edition. Oversize Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 108pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Agua, color y permanencia: la historia de la acuarela en Costa Rica
- Author
- Alvarado Venegas, Ileana; with Guardia Yglesias, María Enriqueta
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New condition
- Jacket Condition
- New dust jacket
- Edition
- Primera edicion: First edition
- ISBN 10
- 9968960705
- ISBN 13
- 9789968960700
- Publisher
- Museos, Banco Central de Costa Rica
- Place of Publication
- San José, Costa Rica
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 108pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts;
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