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The Works of Antonio Canova in Sculpture and Modelling with Descriptions from the Italian of Countess Albrizzi and A Biographical Memoir by Count Cicognara
by Canova, Antonio
- Used
- Condition
- Bound in full contemporary morocco, bevelled boards, a.e.g., purple silk endpapers; binding rubbed, rear hinge cracked, pl. 155
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fileds, and Fields, Osgood, & Co, 1876. Heliotype Edition. Illustrated throughout with full-page plates. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in full contemporary morocco, bevelled boards, a.e.g., purple silk endpapers; binding rubbed, rear hinge cracked, pl. 155 loose, damaged, and water-stained, some faint water-staining to least few leaves. Heliotype Edition. Illustrated throughout with full-page plates. 1 vols. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 217393
- Title
- The Works of Antonio Canova in Sculpture and Modelling with Descriptions from the Italian of Countess Albrizzi and A Biographical Memoir by Count Cicognara
- Author
- Canova, Antonio
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated throughout with full-page plates. 1 vols. Folio
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in full contemporary morocco, bevelled boards, a.e.g., purple silk endpapers; binding rubbed, rear hinge cracked, pl. 155
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Heliotype Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fileds, and Fields, Osgood, & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- Italy | Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design;
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- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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