Court, Cloister & City.: The Art & Culture of Central Eurpe, 1450-1800
by Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
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- 0297832573
- ISBN 13
- 9780297832577
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995. * Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. * Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth covered boards, silver title to spine and face. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrate dust wrapper showing "The Upper Belvedere ~ Vienna" . NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £25.00. White and gold titles to face, black to spine strip. No shelf wear. Minimal spine fade. FINE.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos & line drawn maps within text throughout. * Pages: 464 pp. text. cxiii pp. notes, index, picture credits and blank pages at rear.* Description: From the Renaissance to the end of the Ancien Regime, this book presents over three centuries of European art in both its social and cultural background. Examining painting, sculpture and architecture, as well as applied media, the author traces in detail the artistic developments in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Ukraine and western parts of the Russian Federation, covering a range of artifacts and artists, many of which are being brought to light for the first time.* A FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with NO MAJOR FAULTS in a protected dust jacket.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10402
- Title
- Court, Cloister & City.
- Author
- Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0297832573
- ISBN 13
- 9780297832577
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
- Place of Publication
- London UK.
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 577
- Keywords
- Art History, Europe, Middle Ages.
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