Animals in Art and Thought to the End of the Middle Ages
by Klingender, Francis, Evelyn Antal and John Harthan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good (scuffs, scratches & wear to boards; small bump to front board. lower textblock has pronounced shelf-wear/scuffing. spine s
- ISBN 10
- 0262110407
- ISBN 13
- 9780262110402
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: The M.I.T. Press, 1971. Hardcover. Good (scuffs, scratches & wear to boards; small bump to front board. lower textblock has pronounced shelf-wear/scuffing. spine spongy; textblock & pgs firm. back hinge/gutter paper split, binding material intact). Black cloth, red title block with gilt lettering on spine. book xxviii; 580 pp. w/ bw illustrations. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection; this copy does not have a dust-jacket. A rough but intact copy. Upper textblock has red/fuscia tinge; this does not appear publisher edging, but rather previous own highlighter; instances of faint remnants to page edges. "The author writes that 'It is the purpose of this book to suggest possible reasons for...changes of attitude and to attempt some interpretations of these animal images, life-like or fantastic, in the minds of our ancestors since the time when the earliest pictures known to us were made.'" -- dj flap.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171459
- Title
- Animals in Art and Thought to the End of the Middle Ages
- Author
- Klingender, Francis, Evelyn Antal and John Harthan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (scuffs, scratches & wear to boards; small bump to front board. lower textblock has pronounced shelf-wear/scuffing. spine s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0262110407
- ISBN 13
- 9780262110402
- Publisher
- The M.I.T. Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- European Art; Animals; Middle Ages ; Animals in Art ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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