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Arcimboldo
by Barthes, Roland
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good. scuffs & smudges to cloth; corners rubbed; worn spot to lower spine. rattled spine; textblock detached from spine; textblo
- ISBN 10
- 8821630072
- ISBN 13
- 9788821630071
- Seller
-
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Milan, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci Editore, 1978. First. Hardcover. Good. scuffs & smudges to cloth; corners rubbed; worn spot to lower spine. rattled spine; textblock detached from spine; textblock firm w/ intact pgs; front hinge rattled, hinges sturdy. interior clean.. black cloth boards w/ tipped-in color illustration & gilt printing & emblems; gilt spine printing. Illustrated endpapers; 172 pgs of blue, textured paper w/ 1 gatefold; 3 color figures tipped in; 45 color plates tipped in; 51 duotone illustrations. Clamshell box covered in black cloth w/ black, illustrated paper; Small paper title plate at spine. Clamshell case has scuffs and wear; peeling to paper edges. A dazzling collection of works by Italian artist Arcimboldo with an introdution by Achille Bonito Oliva. Signed by Ricci. This is copy 19 of 3000.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180891
- Title
- Arcimboldo
- Author
- Barthes, Roland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. scuffs & smudges to cloth; corners rubbed; worn spot to lower spine. rattled spine; textblock detached from spine; textblo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 8821630072
- ISBN 13
- 9788821630071
- Publisher
- Franco Maria Ricci Editore
- Place of Publication
- Milan, Italy
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- European Artists ; Arcimboldo ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Biblio member since 2004
Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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