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Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Philippe de Montebello
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition, Stunning folio just over 12 inches in height, heavily illustrated with 310 color reproductions, this book presents more than 250 of the finest masterpieces in the Metropolitans collection selected from more than 3 million works in 18 departments, 320 pages with comprehensive index. Books is Fine, never read condition, No previous owner bookplate or writing, ultra clean tan cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, mint, Jacket is Fine with full color work from Rubens, His wife Helena and their Son from 1639 on the front panel. Fine First edition most presentable. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001996
- Title
- Masterpieces of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Author
- Philippe de Montebello
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- American Masterpieces, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- First Edition
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