Catalogue Of a Loan Exhibition of Paintings By Old Dutch Masters Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Connection with the Hudson Fulton Celebration
by Valentiner, Wilhelm R
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Houlton, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1910 IN VERY GOOD ++ CONDITION. xii, [2], 488pp, on heavy stock paper. Bound by Frederic Fairchild Sherman, in blue morocco leather with gilt borders, large raised bands on spine, gilt ship on cover, silk moire endpapers, bordered in gilt ruled leather, top edges gilt, deckled pages edges, binding and hinges tight. Outer page edges show foxing. Illustrated throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Bridge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004965
- Title
- Catalogue Of a Loan Exhibition of Paintings By Old Dutch Masters Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Connection with the Hudson Fulton Celebration
- Author
- Valentiner, Wilhelm R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Art Catalogue Met Metropolitan Museum of Art Old Dutch Masters Binding Bound By Frederic Fairchild Sherman NOAMZ
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Morocco
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- Edges
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- Raised Band(s)
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