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The Dream of Arcadia: American Writers and Artists in Italy 1760-1915
by Brooks, Van Wyck
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1958. 8vo. 205 x 135 mm., [8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches]. [16], 272 pp. Gray publisher's cloth, embossed publisher's mark on upper board, blue label on spine, dust jacket. Some very minor fraying to head and tail of spine, dust jacket with scrape to outer edge of front wrapper and tiny chips at head and tail of spine.
First edition inscribed "For Julius Teller with affection Van Wyck Brooks/ 1958". Van Wyck Brooks, the noted historian, Pulitzer Prize winner, and National Book Award recipient, investigates the experience of American writers and artists in Italy before the WWI. Focusing on Prescott, Bancroft, Cooper, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Adams, Twain, Wharton and Howells, and artists like West, Copley, Greenough and Powers, Brooks delves into the impact of Italy on the creations that came organically from this seductive country. In doing so he offers insights into the changing nature of Italy over a century and a half since Americans began to travel to the cities of the ancient world and Renaissance period.
First edition inscribed "For Julius Teller with affection Van Wyck Brooks/ 1958". Van Wyck Brooks, the noted historian, Pulitzer Prize winner, and National Book Award recipient, investigates the experience of American writers and artists in Italy before the WWI. Focusing on Prescott, Bancroft, Cooper, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Adams, Twain, Wharton and Howells, and artists like West, Copley, Greenough and Powers, Brooks delves into the impact of Italy on the creations that came organically from this seductive country. In doing so he offers insights into the changing nature of Italy over a century and a half since Americans began to travel to the cities of the ancient world and Renaissance period.
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- Title
- The Dream of Arcadia: American Writers and Artists in Italy 1760-1915
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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