Botticelli Cloth - 1958

London: George Rainbird & Oldbourne Press, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 15" by 11.5". Not Stated. A smart first UK edition of this study of the life and works of Italian Early Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, with examples of his works. First UK edition. Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece, twelve in-text reproductions, and forty-three tipped in colour plates, one of which is folding. Collated complete. A collection of the most outstanding works of Botticelli, Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance rediscovered by the Pre-Raphaelites who stimulated a reappraisal of his work. Being accurate reproductions which will astonish and delight while reflecting the variety of his work from the famous Primavera to the lesser known Venus. With a scholarly introduction of his life and paintings, as well as an evaluation of his achievements written by Andre Chastel, a French art historian, professor, and author of important works on the Italian Renaissance. Published by George Rainbird and distributed by Oldbourne Press In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and small closed tears to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. With minor wear to the fore-edge. A distribution sticker to the title page from Oldbourne Press. Near Fine