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Jean Clouet
by Peter Mellen
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Flammarion, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12.1" by 9". None. A lavishly-illustrated First Edition of this French translation of Mellen's monograph of Clouet. Bound in cloth with gilt lettering and unclipped dustwrapper. Translated from the English by Anne Roullet. With numerous full-page illustrations. Jean (or Janet) Clouet (14801541) was a miniaturist and painter who worked in France during the Renaissance. He was the father of Francois Clouet. Little is known about Peter Mellen. In a cloth binding with the original unclipped dustwrapper. There is only some slight wear to the extremities, with just some slight bumping. The dustwrapper has some slight bumping. Internally the pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GEN17-B-3
- Title
- Jean Clouet
- Author
- Peter Mellen
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Flammarion
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 12.1" by 9"
- Keywords
- Art French Clouet Dustwrapper French Renaissance
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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