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Splendors of Christendom: Great Art and Architecture in European Churches
by Kessel, Dmitri (photographs); Henri Peyre (commentary)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Lausanne: Edita Lausanne. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. 1st Edition. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Illustrated with over 100 tipped-in plates, along with B&W drawings and floor-plans. Black dust jacket with glossy color photograph on front panel. Fold-out advertising brochure from The International Book Society laid-in. In original cardboard slipcase. . The volume shows moderate shelf-wear along the bottom edge, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. All of the illustrations bright and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is chipped with some wear at the head and heel and along the top edge, else very good. VERY GOOD/GOOD. . Tipped-in color photographic plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 264 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29017
- Title
- Splendors of Christendom: Great Art and Architecture in European Churches
- Author
- Kessel, Dmitri (photographs); Henri Peyre (commentary)
- Illustrator
- Dmitri Kessel
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition. Second Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edita Lausanne
- Place of Publication
- Lausanne
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Churches, Architecture, Photography, Photographers, European architecture, European Churches, Church Architecture, Art History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Laid-in
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- Cloth
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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