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Italian Painting - from Caravaggio to Modigliani
by Venturi, Lionello and Rosabianca Skira-Venturi
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Coral, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Geneva - Paris - New York: Albert Skira, 1952 An early printing with the tipped-in plates. Painting - Color - History. Collection planned and directed by Albert Skira. Critical studies by Lionello. Historical studies by Rosabianca. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. 174 pages. Large heavy folio 13 1/2" x 10" wide. Light blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine. More than 84 beautiful tipped in plates - mainly in color. Bibliography. Tipped in plates are beautiful. A few fox spots on flyleaf otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket has several small tears and some wear to edges. Very Good/Good.
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- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16288
- Title
- Italian Painting - from Caravaggio to Modigliani
- Author
- Venturi, Lionello and Rosabianca Skira-Venturi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Albert Skira
- Place of Publication
- Geneva - Paris - New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cultural Connection
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Cape Coral, Florida
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...