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La Nuova Pinacoteca Vaticana, descritta ed illustrata nei Quadri Provenienti dalla Vecchia Pinacoteca Vaticana, dalla Pinacoteca del Laterano, dagli Appartamenti Privati e dai Magazzini dei Palazzi Apostolici
by D'Achiardi, Pietro
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About This Item
xv, 206 pp. catalogue and description of the paintings in the new Vatican art gallery, heavily annotated, with index, 63 text illustrations, 126 fine plates including 10 in full color. Folio. Leather-backed boards, front cover separated from volume, leather spine missing, some edgewear and chipping, losses to rear board, contents in good volume. Bergamo (Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche) 1914. Ex-Pierpont Morgan library with bookplate on pastedown. The monumental catalogue of the paintings from the Quattrocento and later in the Vatican collections. The photographs of the works in this volume are of excellent quality and reveal details and defects of the paintings prior to modern restorations.
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- Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC
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- 51130
- Title
- La Nuova Pinacoteca Vaticana, descritta ed illustrata nei Quadri Provenienti dalla Vecchia Pinacoteca Vaticana, dalla Pinacoteca del Laterano, dagli Appartamenti Privati e dai Magazzini dei Palazzi Apostolici
- Author
- D'Achiardi, Pietro
- Book condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Italy; Painting; Collections;
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Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC
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About Bernett Penka Rare Books LLC
Bernett Penka Rare Books specializes in rare and out-of-print scholarly books on the History of Art and Architecture from antiquity to the present. Since 1944 we have been helping institutional libraries and individuals build their collections.
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