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Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy
by Mann, Vivian B. [editor]
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520068254
- ISBN 13
- 9780520068254
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. Large trade paperback, quarto bound in black card covers. 354 pages. Glossary, Selected Bibliography, Foreword by Tullia Zevi. Preface by Primo Levi. Profusely illustrated with color and monochrome photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. An exhibition catalog produced by The Jewish Museum, New York. highlighting the historical and artistic legacy of the Jews in Italy, with articles touching on painting, sculpture. poetry, illuminated manuscripts among many other topics. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. Card covers quite rubbed from shelf-wear, as is typical of this title, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. Good. A large heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013943
- Title
- Gardens and Ghettos: The Art of Jewish Life in Italy
- Author
- Mann, Vivian B. [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0520068254
- ISBN 13
- 9780520068254
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Italian Jews, Social History, Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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