ITALIAN FRESCOES: THE FLOWERING OF THE RENAISSANCE 1470-1510
Written by Steffi Roettgen.
Stock no. 1827082
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 1997. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Professor Roettgen's concise and authoritative text illuminates such celebrated sites as the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence, the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, and the Camera degli Sposi in Mantua. She also reveals the charm of lesser-known works, such as those in the tiny town of Issogne, which capture fifteenth-century men and women bargaining and flirting at an outdoor market. Ver large, heavy format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780789202215. 3rd printing of the first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Pictorial dustwrapper is lovely and clean.

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TWENTIETH CENTURY CHINESE PAINTING: TRADITION AND INNOVATION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827081
Published by Hong Kong Museum Of Art. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Produced for the exhibition running from 27.10.1995 until 15.01.1997 in Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom, and Germany. Very large, heavy format. Black cloth, silver titles. Text in English and Chinese. Colour paintings, some folding. Light bumping to board corners. Some light mottling to top of boards. Foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is Lightly browned and faded, foxed across top to verso (not visible to facing side), very slightly grubby.

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THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PAINTINGS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1827056
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Edited by Martin Bailey. From Duccio to Picasso. Blue cloth with gilt titles and the names of artists in gilt to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. A few very minor marks to text block. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has a bump to lower sealed corner.

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LANDSCAPE INTO ART
Written by Kenneth Clark; Will Gompertz.
Stock no. 1827024
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. xiv and 188 pages including index. Introduction by Will Gompertz. Still in original shrinkwrap with some light scuffing.

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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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LANDSCAPE AND WESTERN ART
Written by Malcolm Andrews.
Stock no. 1326183
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Exploring the fascinating issues raised by the great range of ideas and images of the natural world in Western art since the Renaissance. Oxford History Art series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 248 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0192100467. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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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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DRAWINGS: VINCENT VAN GOGH
Written by Johannes Van Der Wolk; Ronald Pickvance; E.B.F. Pey. Illustrated by Vincent Van Gogh.
Stock no. 1826768
Published by Arnoldo Mondadori. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Produced in conjunction with the exhibition on the centenary of Van Gogh's death, an attempt to bring together that part of his work which the artist himself considerd most important. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8824200222. Title to spine has faded. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Covers browned, rear cover scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Previous owner's name & address rubber stamped to inside front cover. Else contents clean.

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NICK SCHLEE: PAINTINGS FROM 1987-2008
Written by Nick Schlee. Illustrated by Nick Schlee.
Stock no. 1826755
Published by Academy Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Landscape paintings. White cardwraps, no titles. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780955892301. A lovely copy.

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DAVID MYNETT: THE SKETCHBOOKS
Written by Sheila Peczenik. Illustrated by David Mynett.
Stock no. 1826754
Published by Shiela Peczenik. 1st 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

A selection of colour sketches by David Mynett, selected by Sheila Peczenik. Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour sketches throughout. ISBN: 9780993078101. A nice copy.

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KUWAIT ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Written by Arlene Fullerton; Geza Fehervari; et al.
Stock no. 1826752
Published by Oriental Press. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An attempt to reflect significant aspects of the cultural life of Kuwait five years after the Gulf War. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned. Some light foxing present. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to front panel and spine, is grubby and scuffed, laminate covering is creased on rear panel.

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