Hard cover in box slip case. Amazing comprehensive study of decorative arts from 1630 to 1760. Full color illustrations and photos, bibliography, glossary and notes an indispensable reference.
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This volume is the second in a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive series devoted to the study of the decorative arts around the world from the late fifteenth century to the early twentieth century.
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Seller: Foggypaws, Sonoma, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover + thick blue cardboard cover sleeve in very good condition. All inside pages are in great shape. Minor shelf wear to the dust jacket and cardboard cover sleeve. Seller Inventory # mon0000081254
Seller: Don Kelly Books, London, United Kingdom
Hard Back in Illus. Slip Case. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 496pp Over 700 illus in col & b&w. The most well researched and illustrated history of the decorative arts in Europe from 1630-1760. Slip-case has minor shelf-wear, else in un-read condition. Heavy item, please ask for a quote for postage. Seller Inventory # 16619*
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Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Folio Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. 191pp. Signed, inscribed and dated with a large self-portrait drawn on turquoise endpage. Text otherwise unmarked on bright pages with colorful illustrations. Black cloth boards are clean with crisply pointed corners and silver gilt lettering. Binding is tight and square, hinges are secure. Jacket is glossy and unclipped with shelf wear. Eraser marks present where price once was. Edges of pages lightly toned from sun exposure. Top edge has foxing and toning. Small crease on spine. Seller Inventory # 77066
Seller: Browsing Is Arousing, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 496 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket in slipcase. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to slipcase edges. A tight copy. Color illustrations throughout. Record # 353576. Seller Inventory # 353576
Seller: Dreadnought Books, Bristol, United Kingdom
Hardcover (in Slipcase). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Folio 12 - 19". 496 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm. Dust jacket has slightly faded spine. Boards slightly bowed. Profusely illustrated. Very good slightly marked slipcase, with slightly faded spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Europe; Antiques & Collectibles. ISBN: 0789200171. ISBN/EAN: 9780789200174. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 65841. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Seller Inventory # 65841
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Seller: Books & Bidders, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First English language edition. Cloth (hard cover) in mylar protected dust-jacket, housed in publisher's slipcase. 496 pages w/ Glossary, Notes, Bibliography and Index; illustrated with over 700 images, nearly 500 in color. The second work in "The History of Decorative Arts" series, this work is a lavishly illustrated, comprehensive study of the decorative arts in the Classical and Baroque periods. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. Size: Folio. Seller Inventory # 003464
Seller: Marc Sena Carrel, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. Originally published in French in 1992. This is the first English language edition, first printing. Printed and bound in Spain. 12.5 x 10 inches. Off-white linen-like cloth hardboards, with color photo inset to the front board and with crisp red-stamped lettering to the spine. Unbumped spine head and tail, and sharp corners. Exceptionally clean binding. Text block firmly bound in and quite tight. With 496 numbered pages on heavy coated stock. Text includes preface and introduction; The Auricular Style; Acanthus; Arabesques, or New Grotesques; Chinoiserie; The Rocaille; and several appendixes. Illustrated with more than 700 images, nearly five hundred in full color. An immensely clean interior. Almost certainly unread. The color, pictorial dust jacket is fully intact. With a medium-duty slipcase covered in glossy illustrated paper. A Fine copy in a Fine DJ in a Near Fine slipcase. 8 lbs. 3 oz. Seller Inventory # 008599
Seller: Thomas Heneage Art Books, London, United Kingdom
496pp with 477 colour and 252 monochrome illustrations. Cloth 31x25cms. ISBN: 0789200171. Devoted to the period 1630-1760, this volume of the series "The History of Decorative Arts" identifies five of the major ornamental motifs of the era: the auricular style, acanthus, arabesques, chinoiserie and rocaille - and depicts their varied applications in all art forms. With glossary, bibliography, index. Text in English. Seller Inventory # 054357
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Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean copy in As New/As New condition in an as new slipcase. Handsome copy. KRM/DecArts. Seller Inventory # ABE-1724037199116
Seller: Inch's Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
496pp, hundreds of beautiful illustrations, many colour, coloured illustrated end papers, glossary, chron, extensive bibliog. Cloth, 32x25. Fine, dust wrapper, in publisher's slip-case. Major scholarly study and lavishly illustrated book, indispensable reference work for designers, architects, art historians etc. Heavy book, may require extra postage. Seller Inventory # 10570
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