CANALETTO'S VIEW OF LONDON

by Safarik, Eduard. Translated by Till Gottheiner. Photographs by K. and L. Neubert

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Spring Books, London, (1961).. Unpaginated, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates plus a tipped-in color frontispiece and 10 additional illustrations at rear. "One of the most representative of (Canaletto's) paint. ings from his English period is the famous 'View of London with Westminster Bridge from Lambeth Palace', which is the subject of this book. The painting is reproduced in colour, first as a whole, and then detail by detail: there are 24 plates in. a l l. Complementing the plates is a useful introduction, which summarises the artist's career and places the 'View of London' in ciritical perspective. The picture is a superb example of Canaletto's genius. Here is displayed the full richness o. f h is characteristic style: lucid, elegantly poised, with large panorama and intimate detail admirably balanced." Very light browning to edges of pages, book cracked at page 6 - a few small areas of cracking to spine throughout book (all pages f. ir mly he ld), small hole in gutter of last illustration pages, edges of textblock lightly browned, heavy sun fading and light foxing to top/bottom of boards/spine, some fading offset from dust jacket on front board, book slightly bowed. Dust jack. et has smal l chips/tears at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, 4" irregular closed tear with old tape marks on front panel - now archivally taped, small area of delamination on rear hinge, small areas of surface paper loss at top/bottom of spine. . Re fere nce c opy only..

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