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The Vatican Collections: The Vatican Collections
by The Vatican Museums
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
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Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1983, Official Publication Authorized by the Vatican Museums, pp. 255, 28.5 x 22 x 2 cm), maroon cloth with blind Vatican decoration and pictorial dust jacket, includes compliment slip from the Met. Fine in Very Good, book is scrips with sharp corners, jacket has light wear at spine top and bottom. Many of the Vatican's supreme art treasures are represented in the unprecedented exhibition that is the occasion for this book. These works are drawn not only from the Vatican Museums, but from Saint Peter's and its Treasury, the Apostolic Palaces, and the Vatican Library. Thus, this volume brilliantly illustrates the entire history of papal patronage and collecting—the single longest and most influential collecting tradition in the Western world. The objects range from ancient Greek vases and sculptures to modern works by Henri Matisse and André Derain.
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- The Peculiar Old Cat and Fiddle Bookshop
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- BIBLIO-84
- Title
- The Vatican Collections
- Author
- The Vatican Museums
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- art history
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About The Peculiar Old Cat and Fiddle Bookshop
The Peculiar Old Cat and Fiddle Bookshop has a passion for fine and rare books covering all things art, all things music, 19th Century literature and culture, fine illustrations and modern firsts. The Cat digs artistic and counter-cultural movements, and also of course the unusual and the curious (hence the "Peculiar" in the name). The Cat's yen for the 19th century (including art, fashion, affairs, exploration) is possibly influenced by living in a 19th century brownstone, a future gallery for the store.Selling online since 2003 with great customer feedback - if the customer is happy, we are happy.
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