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MURILLO: SCENES OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Xanthe Brooke; Peter Cherry. Illustrated by Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
Stock no. 1826993
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Produced to accompany the exhibition of the same title. Murillo's pictures of childhood are collected together, demonstrating how the artist's own experiences as a member of the Brotherhood of Charity, which distributed bread to the starving of Seville, invested his paintings of street children with first-hand knowledge of their lives and genuine compassion for their plight. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 185894130X. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded to rear panel and is edge-rubbed with laminate covering peeling a little to top rear edge.

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THE NELSON PORTRAITS
Written by Richard Walker.
Stock no. 1826869
Published by Royal Naval Museum. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. Vice Admiral of the White. Every known contemporary image of Nelson is collated here, along with a detailed and scholarly catalogue listing the history, provenance and present whereabouts of each image - 238 in all. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952637758. Scuff marks to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and 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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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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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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THE MOMENT OF SELF-PORTRAITURE IN GERMAN RENAISSANCE ART
Written by Joseph Leo Koerner.
Stock no. 2138931
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0226449998. Spine is faded, with large bump/dent to base. Browning to outer page edges.

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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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TITIAN'S PORTRAITS THROUGH ARETINO'S LENS
Written by Luba Freedman; Pietro Aretino. Illustrated by Titian.
Stock no. 2138860
Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0271013397. Page edge browning/foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; faded to spine.

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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN: PORTRAITS OF THE FEW
Written by Christopher Yeoman; David Pritchard.
Stock no. 1822908
Published by Fighting High Ltd. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tribute to the small group of legendary pilots that served with the Royal Air Force through one of the most critical periods of the Second World War. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour portraits. ISBN: 9780956269645. SIGNED by the authors (no dedication) to title page. Previous owner's name in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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MAN WITH A BLUE SCARF: ON SITTING FOR A PORTRAIT BY LUCIAN FREUD
Written by Martin Gayford. Illustrated by Lucian Freud.
Stock no. 1819311
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The history of a portrait, seen from the sitter's point of view. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. Blue ribbon page marker. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500238752. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.

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A SELECTION OF FRENCH PAINTINGS 1700-1840 OFFERED FOR SALE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2117265
Published by Matthiesen Fine Art. 1989. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Catalogue for exhibition of Medecins Sans Frontieres 6th June - 28th July 1989. B/w illustrations. Spine is creased and faded. Some browning to covers.

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THE MASTERS OF CANDLELIGHT
Written by Christopher Wright.
Stock no. 1810495
Published by Arcos Verlag. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An anthology of the Great Masters who treated candlelight, including Georges de La Tour, Godfried Schalcken, and Joseph Wright of Derby. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, brown title block to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 3980328597. Dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners and lightly scuffed.

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