AESTHETICS AND HISTORY IN THE VISUAL ARTS by Berenson, Bernard - 1948

[NY] Pantheon [1948]. Hard Cover. 260 p., 24 illus.; 21 cm. Berenson writes here of "assumptions and convictions that have shaped and directed my work." This copy has a gift inscription to Harry and Nina [Abrams] on the verge of his becoming an important publisher of art books. Good+ / no dust jacket. Stock#47552.

New York (Pantheon), 1948.. 260pp., 24 plates. Cloth. D.j. (torn).

Pantheon, 1948. hardcover. Fair/Acceptable. the original dust jacket is included; there is wear, tears and chips on the corners and edges of dust jacket; several of the inner pages are wrinkled due to moisture/water exposure; several of the inner pages have water stains; the previous owner wrote an inscription on the inside of the book;

Pantheon. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Book Good. No dust jacket. (Art History, Aesthetics)

New York: Pantheon, 1948. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers clean, some mild surface wear. Corners and spine ends mildly worn. Binding tight, text unmarked. Art. Stax.

Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Pantheon, 1948.. 8vo. 260 pp. Very Good. Hard Cover. Gray cloth covered boards. Minor wear at head and tail of spine, and corners of boards. No DJ. Original owner’s inscription on free end paper, else fine. B&W plates. Focus on modern art and the artistic thought of the early 20th century. Table of contents, preface, introduction, indices of names and subjects. 24 black and white plates.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Pantheon Books, 1948. Book. Illus. by Illustrated in black and white photos and reproductions. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unmarked, clean and tight copy. Grey covers show little to no shelf wear. First edition with no indication of later printings..

(New York): Pantheon, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Moderate wear to the spine ends, a very good copy without dustwrapper. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn. Ben Shahn's copy with his ownership Signature, and a contemporary birthday card laid in from one of his Roosevelt, New Jersey neighbors.

New York: Pantheon, 1948. 260pp. With 24 monochrome photographic illustrations, publisher's advertisement leaflet loosely inserted. Original publisher's grey cloth, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor wear to extremities, slight marking and some chipping and tearing to dustwrapper. Internally immaculate. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'Mason Hammond / from Bernard Berenson / October, 1948'. A presentation copy of the first edition of American art historian Bernard Berenson's (1865-1959) treatise on the development of aesthetics. Mason Hammond (1903-2002), classical scholar at Harvard University. A dedicated antiquary and authority on Latin and the Roman Empire, Hammond published numerous historical monographs and served with the MFAA or 'Monuments Men' during The Second World War. . First edition. 8vo.