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PRINCE HENRY REVIVED: IMAGE AND EXEMPLARITY IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND
Written by Timothy Wilks.
Stock no. 1826357
Published by Paul Holberton Publishing. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Prince Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of James I and Anne of Denmark. A collection of essays, edited by Timothy Wilks. These essays illuminate the cultural programme to which Prince Henry was subjected, an impossibly demanding role requiring such strenuous efforts to enact that he became exhausted, took ill and died young. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781903470572. Dustwrapper a little scuffed.

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A WORLD LIT ONLY BY FIRE: THE MEDIEVAL MIND AND THE RENAISSANCE
Written by William Manchester.
Stock no. 1826059
Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.. Circa 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Illustrated Edition. Portrait of an Age. One of the greatest stories in the history of man is the collapse of the Dark Ages... Orange cloth boards, brown title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. Pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 9781454908944. 3rd printing. A lovely copy, no discernible faults.

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FRA ANGELICO
Written by Diane Cole Ahl. Illustrated by Fra Angelico.
Stock no. 1825612
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fra Angelico was a Dominican Friar and Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Large square format. Lilac silk moire covered boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780714848303. Very minor grubbiness to cloth covering the boards, slight fading to top edge of boards, else a nice copy.

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MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE INTERIORS IN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Written by Eva Oledzka.
Stock no. 1825576
Published by The British Library. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illuminated manuscripts are an excellent source of information about the interiors inhabited by people in the Middle Ages. This attractive book is the first to study the subject in such depth, and it uncovers a wealth of little-known illuminations that help us to learn more about life at home, in workshops, and elsewhere. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780712349734. Top front edge of spine bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has corresponding tiny crease to top front edge of spine, spine is lightly faded.

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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STAINED GLASS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Written by Paul Williamson.
Stock no. 1825575
Published by V&A Publications. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The stained glass collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest in the world. This book represents a treasury of medieval and Renaissance imagery. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1851774033. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, minor scuffing to rear panel.

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THE WORLD OF THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE ARTIST
Written by Martin Wackernagel; Alison Luchs.
Stock no. 1824405
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Projects and Patrons, Workshop and Art Market. A pioneering study of Florentine art that renconstructed its physical, social, economic, and cultural context from about 1420 to 1530. Translated by Alison Luchs. Blue cloth boards, Light blue title block and white title to spine. A clean copy in blue dustwrapper which is faded at spine, rubbed at edges and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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THE VILLA IN THE LIFE OF RENAISSANCE ROME
Written by David R. Coffin.
Stock no. 2139044
Published by Princeton University Press. Circa 1988. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos, diagrams and illustrations. ISBN: 0691002797. Spine is creased and faded, with a few nicks to top and tail. Some corner creases. Browning and marks to outer page edges.

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FRA ANGELICO AT SAN MARCO
Written by William Hood.
Stock no. 2139032
Published by Yale University Press. 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300057342. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased. Previous owner's bookplate to title page.

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ANDREA MANTEGNA
Written by Jane Martineau; et al. Illustrated by Andrea Mantegna.
Stock no. 2139030
Published by Olivetti; Electa. Circa 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0810964155. Wrapper is edge-creased with tear to top of spine.

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THE HISTORY OF GARDEN DESIGN: THE WESTERN TRADITION FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY
Written by Monique Mosser; Georges Teyssot.
Stock no. 2138989
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine; gilt vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0500015112. Some light page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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GIORGIONE: MYTH AND ENIGMA
Written by Sylvia Ferino-Pagden; Giovanna Nepi Scire. Illustrated by Giorgione.
Stock no. 2138982
Published by Skira. 2004. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. An Exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Veneziano. Exhibition was held in Vienna 23 March to 11th July 2004. ISBN: 3854970781. Creasing to spine.

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COSIMO DE' MEDICI AND THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE: THE PATRON'S OEUVRE
Written by Dale Kent.
Stock no. 2138945
Published by Yale University Press. Circa 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0300081286. A few small knocks along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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