A Tailor's Book from the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice
by Molfino. Alessandra Mottola, Paolo Getrevi, Fritz Saxl, Doretta Davanzo Poli and Alessandra Schiavon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Modena: Edizione Panini, 1987. First Thus. cloth in slipcase. Very good +/very good. (1987). Quarto (8"x 11"), red cloth, gilt, in pictorial jacket with matching slipcase. 70 pages of text followed by photographs of the 16th century book, in effect a facsimile of the original. A re-working of the 1936 edition. Some soil to the slipcase, otherwise a very nice copy of a scarce book. "This first complete critical edition of A Tailor's Book makes available to the public one of the most significant and valuable figurative documents of the 16th century. Equally important is its role in illustrating different ways of 'appearing in public" (or ritualistic modes of dress), historical forms of pomp and circumstance, ceremony and politics... an exact reproduction of a 16th century manuscript now held by the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice". The 70 pages of text consists of five essays as follows: Introduction to A Book with No Name (Alessandra Mottola Molfino); "A Tailor's Book" and Modern Paradigms" (Paolo Getrevi); Costumes and Festivals of Milanese Society Under Spanish Rule (Fritz Saxl); Fashion in "A Tailor's Book" (Doretta Davanzo Poli); and Words and Numbers: Annotations in "A Tailor's Book" Alessandra Schiavon. The latter contains a brief bibliography.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19431
- Title
- A Tailor's Book from the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice
- Author
- Molfino. Alessandra Mottola, Paolo Getrevi, Fritz Saxl, Doretta Davanzo Poli and Alessandra Schiavon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth in slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edizione Panini
- Place of Publication
- Modena
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Medieval Fashion, Medieval Italian Fashion, A Tailor's Book, Italian Cullture, Costume, Festivals
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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