LESSING - LECTURE ON A MASTER MIND (signed) by Gombrich, E. H

1957. London, Oxford University Press, 1957. Octavo. 23 pages. Original Softcover in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by Gombrich on the titlepage: "To Professor Harry Levin with admiration and best regards - E.H.Gombrich". Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich OM CBE FBA (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who, after settling in England in 1936, became a naturalised British citizen in 1947 and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom. Gombrich was the author of many works of cultural history and art history, most notably The Story of Art, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts, and Art and Illusion, a major work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg, Nelson Goodman, and Umberto Eco. Gombrich remarked that he had two very different publics: amongst scholars he was known particularly for his work on the Renaissance… Read More