Italian Miniatures
1957, First Edition. London : Collins. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #227542
Physical description; 214 p., LXXIV plates ; 4º. Notes; Translated by Elisabeth Borgese-Mann. Book inspired by an exhibition entitled the 'National Histroical Exhibition of Miniatures' and held in the Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Nov. 1953 - July 1954. Originally published in a private edition by the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro,1954. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-202) and index. Translated from the Italian.. Subjects; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian - History. Illumination of books and manuscripts - Italy - History. Manuscripts, Italian - History. Miniature painting, Italian. Miniature painting - Reproduction.Genre; Illustrated.
Price: €48.00