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KALIGHAT PAINTING: IMAGES FROM A CHANGING WORLD
Written by Jyotindra Jain.
Stock no. 1826774
Published by Mapin Publishing. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Kalighat Painting emerged from the changing world of nineteenth century Calcutta, with old and new images seemingly layered one upon another on a transparent plane... Large format. Terracotta cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8185822646. Corners of boards, lightly bumped. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly scuffed.

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IMAGES FROM THE FLOATING WORLD: THE JAPANESE PRINT
Written by Richard Lane.
Stock no. 1826414
Published by Alpine Fine Arts Collection. 1st UK 1978. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Including an Illustrated Dictionary of Ukiyo-e containing cross-referenced entries for artists, schools, techniques, historical periods, etc. This book sis an extensive history of the development of ukiyo-e in its sociological context and of the lives of its masters, with particular emphasis on the innovation in style and techniques that each one contributed. Large, heavy format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations, some colour illustrations. ISBN: 0881688894. Text block slightly grubby in appearance and a few small foxspots to top edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to front flap edge, lightly browned to spine. Musty odour present.

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LEARNING FROM THINGS: METHOD AND THEORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE STUDIES
Written by W. David Kingery.
Stock no. 1826224
Published by Smithsonian Institution. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 18 essays linking material culture studies with art history and the history of technology, as well as with archaeology, anthropology, cultural geography, folklore studies, and other fields that use material evidence. Edited by W. David Kingery. Grey cloth spine, black paper boards, black title to spine. x and 262 pages. ISBN: 1560986077. Text block slightly grubby. Light vertical crease to prelims. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased to front flap, has the remains of label to rear panel and is lightly scuffed.

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ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1826223
Published by Routledge. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellry and silverware to give us a unique insight in to the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415120314. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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PORTRAITS: A HISTORY
Written by Andreas Beyer.
Stock no. 1825477
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating overview of portraiture in all its manifestations: individual and group portraits; official and casual settings; sitters ranging from the famous to the anonymous; renderings of lovers, friends, and family; artists' powerful depictions of themselves; idealized visions along with warts-and-all realism. Large format. Red cloth boards, blind titles. Colour illustrations throughout. A hefty volume. ISBN: 0810945398. 2nd printing. A lovely copy in a pictorial dustwrapper which is lightly faded in places.

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TILMAN RIEMENSCHNEIDER MASTER SCULPTOR OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Julien Chapuis; Michael Baxandall; et al.
Stock no. 2139075
Published by The National Gallery Of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 1999. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth with silver title to spine. For the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington 3rd October 1999-9th January 2000 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 7th February - 14th May 2000. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0300081626. Bumping to a couple of corners. A few marks to endpapers and browning to outer page edges. Pencil annotations in margins to some pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears and chips.

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ORIGINS OF EUROPEAN PRINTMAKING: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY WOODCUTS AND THEIR PUBLIC
Written by Peter Parshall; Rainer Schoch; David S. Areford; Richard S. Field; Peter Schmidt.
Stock no. 2139072
Published by The National Gallery Of Art, Washington; Yale University Press. 1st USA 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark orange cloth with black title to spine. For the exhibition held in Washington September 4th - November 27th 2005 and in Nuremberg December 14th 2005 - March 19th 2006. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300113390. Some light browning to outer page edges.

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FLEMISH ART AND ARCHITECTURE 1585-1700
Written by Hans Vlieghe; Nikolaus Pevsner.
Stock no. 2139038
Published by Yale University Press. Circa 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pelican History of Art Series. Large format. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300104693. 2nd printing.

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PATTERNS IN LATE MEDICI ART PATRONAGE
Written by Edward L. Goldberg.
Stock no. 2138950
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

White cloth with blue title label to spine, gilt title. B/w illustrations and photographs. ISBN: 0691040192. Some browning to covers. Grubby mark to front endpaper. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped with small area of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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TOMB SCULPTURE: FOUR LECTURES ON ITS CHANGING ASPECTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO BERNINI
Written by Erwin Panofsky; Martin Warnke.
Stock no. 2138948
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with white titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0714828246. Some light page edge browning.

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VENICE, DURER AND THE ORIENTAL MODE
Written by Julian Raby.
Stock no. 2138946
Published by Islamic Art Publications; Sotheby Publications. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Hans Huth Memorial Studies I. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856671622. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few tiny nicks.

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THE RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT FROM DONATELLO TO BELLINI
Written by Keith Christiansen; Stefan Weppelmann; et al. Illustrated by Donatello; Giovanni Bellini; et al..
Stock no. 2138869
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780300175912. Some light knocks along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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