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Dosso and Battista Dossi: Court Painters at Ferrara
by Felton Gibbons
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About This Item
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the Princeton Monograhps in Art and Archaeology, Volume XXXIX, sponsored by the Department of Art and Archaeology there. Fine looking burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, sharp and distinct. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. xxi + 320 pp., featuring 238 illustrations, one being in full-color, at frontis. The Table of Contents reads as follows: The court of Ferrara -- The lives of the Dossi -- The frescoes -- Iconographic problems -- Stylistic development -- The literary fortunes of the Dossi catalogue raisonne'. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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- Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 348615
- Title
- Dosso and Battista Dossi: Court Painters at Ferrara
- Author
- Felton Gibbons
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 4to 11" - 13" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- court painters|italian art history|The Court at Ferrara|Felton Gibbons
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