<  Go back

MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, VOL. IV ITALIAN AND SPANISH BOOKS FIFTEENTH THROUGH NINETEENTH CENTURIES.
Pollak, Martha D.

- Washington and New York : National Gallery of Art and George Braziller (2000) - 4to. - cloth, dust jacket - xxiii, 545+(1) pages - ISBN 0807614785 / Order Nr. 62639 - Price: $ 90.00

First edition. Scholarly catalogue of Italian and Spanish books on architecture, antiquities, and decoration, from the 15th into the 19th centuries, all in the Millard Collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Italy produced illustrated architectural books that surpass those from any other publishing center in the originality of their content and in the elegance of their illustrations. Arranged by author-architect, each numbered entry provides bibliographic and physical descriptions, references, provenance where applicable, and contains a discussion of relevant points.Numerous black-and-white reproductions of drawings and engravings throughout. Indexed.

E-mail/Export ?

More On This Subject - -

> EUROPE
> BIBLIOGRAPHY, TWENTIETH CENTURY
> LIBRARY HISTORY, TWENTIETH CENTURY
> MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION
> NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
> ARCHITECTURE, INCUNABLE PERIOD
> ARCHITECTURE, SIXTEENTH CENTURY
> ARCHITECTURE, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
> ARCHITECTURE, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
> ARCHITECTURE, NINETEENTH CENTURY
> BOOK ILLSUTRATION, INCUNABLE PERIOD
> BOOK ILLUSTRATION, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
> BOOK ILLUSTRATION, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
> BOOK ILLUSTRATION, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
> BOOK ILLUSTRATION, NINETEENTH CENTURY
> INCUNABULA
> NEW

Books of related interests - -

> LES PLUS BELLES GRAVURES DU MONDE OCCIDENTAL, 1410-1914.

" 1601" OR CONVERSATION AT THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE AS IT WAS ... by Twain, Mark Limited to 400 copies, only 100 bound, of which this copy is thus. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 16). Frontispiece and title page decoration engraved on wood by Ben Albert Benson. Includes checklist of various editions and reprints compiled by Irwin Hoas.