Search Results: the carolingian renaissance by j j porcher

Beorge Braziller, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Personal library bookplate inside front board. Ships daily. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.

Geroge Braziller, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Good. Jacket is worn along edges. Back jacket edge is foxed, but legibility is not affected. Front jacket flap is clipped. Spine is shaken but secure. Top and bottom edges are foxed, but readability is not impacted. Inside is unmarked.

New York: George Braziller, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. xii,380pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine in original dj. Minor creasing, chipping and staining to dj. Frontispiece. Interesting work on Carolingian Renaissance architecture and its decoration, manuscript painting and sculpture and applied art. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs as well as a color fold-out map. Includes chronological tables, bibliography, list of illustrations and an annotated index. Part of a series "The arts of mankind." Very good condition.

Translation by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons. Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.25" x 11.25", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is new. Dust jacket, with price of $30 on front flap, is in fine condition. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color, plus fold-out map at rear. Volume is housed in cardboard slipcase (9.25" x 12"). xi/380 pages.This is the thirteenth volume of this series."In the ninth century Charlemagne looked back to Imperial Rome and created an empire whose order and vision transformed medieval Europe. Like the Roman emperors he sought to imitate, he knew the power of propaganda and so sponsored a revival of classical art and learning.Monumental buildings, sophisticated manuscript paintings, and lavish arts all reflected Charlemagne's image of himself as successor to the Caesars. The courts of his followers, Louis the Pious and Charles the Bald, continued to support this first artistic renaissance in European history. Within two… Read More

New York: George Braziller, [1970]. Fine condition in a fine box. THE ARTS OF MANKIND series edited by André Malraux and Georges Salles. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and color. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. In a custom made matching red cloth drop back folding box with the spine stamped in gilt.