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THE VATICAN COLLECTIONS: THE PAPACY AND ART
by Pope John Paul II; Phillippe De Montebello9; James N. Wood; Ian McKibbin White, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0810917106
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917101
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1982. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. 0810917106 . First Edition. Official Publication authorized by the Vatican Museums. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine, blind-stamped Papal medallion on cover, gray endpapers. 255, (1) p-p. Profusely illustrated with 272 illustrations, including 161 color plates. Includes Message by Pope John Paul II and a foreword by Philippe de Montebello, James N. Wood and Ian McKibbin White; a map of Vatican City, a complete list of pontiffs and extensive bibliographies. This volume was published to accompany a major exhibition held in New York, San Francisco and Chicago from February 1983 to February 1984. The chapters include: Map of Vatican City State; The Vatican Museums; Old Saint Peter's; The Fabbrica of Saint Peter's; The Apostolic Palaces; The Belvedere; The Treasury of Saint Peter's; New Saint Peter's and Baroque Rome; The Library Museums; Museo Pio-Clementino; Pinacoteca; Museo Gregoriano Egizio; Museo Gregoriano Etrusco; The Collections of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the 19th and 20th Centuries; Museo Pio Cristiano; Pontificio Museo Missionario-Etnologico; and Collezione D'Arte Religiosa Moderna. This is an excellent copy with a former owner's name neatly stamped on the ffep, else as new. The dust jacket shows only the slightest shelf-wear at the head of the spine, else as new. FINE/FINE.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5587
- Title
- THE VATICAN COLLECTIONS: THE PAPACY AND ART
- Author
- Pope John Paul II; Phillippe De Montebello9; James N. Wood; Ian McKibbin White, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0810917106
- ISBN 13
- 9780810917101
- Publisher
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0810917106, Christian Art Symbolism Religious, Catholic, Popes, Catholic Church, Renaissance
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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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