The Taste of Angels: A History of Art Collecting from Rameses to Napoleon
by Francis Henry Taylor
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
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Santa Clarita, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition. Illustrated. xxx, 659 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Taylor was director of the Metropolitan Museum from 1940 to 1955. His other writings include Babel's Tower (1945); Fifty Centuries of Art (1954); and Pierpont Morgan as Collector and Patron (1957). Original beige cloth, pictorial endpapers. Spine a bit sunned and covers slightly soiled; without dust jacket. In quarter green morocco slipcase with chemise Illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- Pomegranate Book Collection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1730
- Title
- The Taste of Angels
- Author
- Francis Henry Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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