The History of Venice in Painting by Georges Duby & Guy Lobrichon (eds.) - 2007

New York ; London : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The boards are not bumped, square and tight with no marks. The slip case is in like condition with bright illustrations and no marks.

New York: Abbeville. Fine copy in slipcase. 2007. 1st. hardcover. Folio, 496 pp. .

New York: Abbeville Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine (slipcase). Large folio (18" x 12"). 496pp. Indices. Text in English. Gilt decorated and lettered silk-like red cloth. Housed in publisher's matching slipcase with wraparound color painting. Profusely illustrated with color paintings most full-page and many double-page. Slipcase with a tiny (1/4") gouge near top edge and a slight hint of shelf wear at bottom edge, otherwise a fine, as new copy. "Illustrated collection of scholarly essays that provides commentary on both the history of Venice and the bequest of paintings it left to the world" (Publisher) Contents: La Serenissima /; Georges Duby --; A people's paradise /; Guy Lobrichon --; The gospel of color /; Terisio Pignatti --; The seat of an empire : XIII to XV centuries /; Daniel Russo --; The arsenale of the West : XVI century /; Michel Hochmann --; Response to decline : a European culture in the XVII and XVIII centuries /; Adriana van de Lindt-Russo --; The dream… Read More

Abbeville Press, 2007-10-22. hardcover. Very Good. 14x3x21. In box!

New York & London: Abbeville Press, 2007. English-language edition (hardback). Folio (43cm by 30cm), 496pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt motif to the front board, illustrated slipcase. Light foxing of the endpapers, small mark to the rear board, else the book is in very good condition. The slipcase is in near-VG condition (ligth scuffing of the bottom panel). ISBN 0789209330

Abbeville Press , October 2007. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Light sunning to slipcase spine with minor bump to top left corner, light smudging near bottom edge of front cover, otherwise clean and square, book block clean and square, binding good.

New York: Abbeville Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. 496pp.incl.index; HB red w/gilt-pic.cover; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. Slipcase red w/gilt-pic.cover; fine. "This volume explores the history of a city as seen through the eyes of those who painted it." color illus. & lg. plates throughout

Duby, G: 2007 Abbeville Press New York. Hardcover 496 pages. With outstanding colour images of paintings, telling the history of Venice. History in text and paintings. Book is very large and heavy (6.8 kg). In protected slipcase. ISBN 9780789209337 Complete set in very good condition. Luxe edition. English language. Because of weight no sending outside Europe

The History of Venice in Painting. Edited by Georges Duby and Guy Lobrichon, In colliboratioin with others. Published by Abbeville Press in 2007. Hardcover, 496 pages. Oversize, very heavy book.

New York ; London : Abbeville Press Publishers, 2007. English-language ed., 1st ed.. Hardcover. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth boards in a slightly worn slip-case. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 496 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 44 cm. Notes; Originally published: L'histoire de Venise par la peinture. Paris : Citadelles & Mazenod, 2006. Includes indexes. Contents; La Serenissima / Georges Duby -- A people's paradise / Guy Lobrichon -- The gospel of color / Terisio Pignatti -- The seat of an empire : 13th to 15th centuries / Daniel Russo -- The arsenale of the West : 16th century / Michel Hochmann -- Response to decline : a European culture in the 17th and 18th centuries / Adriana van de Lindt-Russo -- The dream that was Venice : end of the 18th to the early 20th century / Pierre Vaisse and Geneviève Nevejan. Subjects; Painting, Italian Italy Venice. Venice (Italy) ; In art. Venice (Italy) History.… Read More