Bernini in France: An Episode in Seventeenth-Century History
by Gould, Cecil Hilton Monk
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (Ex-Library, indicated only by a blind stamp on the ffep; boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are /Good (DJ is toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed.)
- ISBN 10
- 0297779443
- ISBN 13
- 9780297779445
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981. Hardcover. Good (Ex-Library, indicated only by a blind stamp on the ffep; boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are lightly toned/foxed; interior is clean; binding is solid.)/Good (DJ is toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed.). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine; Off-white DJ with black-and-white illustration and black and blue lettering; xvi, 158 pp.; 8 unnumbered leaves of plates; richly illustrated. "In the summer of 1665 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the greatest artist of his day and master of the Baroque style, paid a four and a half month visit to France. This book records his workings in the court of the young Louis XIV during that period." -- DJ.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 197149
- Title
- Bernini in France: An Episode in Seventeenth-Century History
- Author
- Gould, Cecil Hilton Monk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (Ex-Library, indicated only by a blind stamp on the ffep; boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are
- Jacket Condition
- Good (DJ is toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0297779443
- ISBN 13
- 9780297779445
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- European Artists, Gian Lorenzo Bernini ; Bernini, Gian Lorenzo ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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