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Seller: HGG Books, Slingerlands, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Illustrated dust jacket. Clean pages, tight binding, soiling to upper outside edge of text block, cloth boards bright and square, dust jacket cleanPlease contact us about shipping costs for international orders of over-sized books or multi-book sets. We are happy to provide accurate quote prior to purchase. Clean pages, tight binding, soil. Seller Inventory # 0810964821
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardbound. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering; burgundy dust jacket, color illustrated with white lettering, mylar cover. xi, 232 pp., with 62 color and 143 bw plates. "This study is an important new account of the life and work of the Flemish master Petrus Christus. It is the first volume to focus specifically on the physical characteristics of his works as criteria for judging attribution, dating, and the extent to which he was indebted to Jan van Eyck and other artists for the development of his technique and style. The author's aim is to examine how certain works were made in order to solve some rather traditional questions of connoisseurship. Recent technical and archival investigations, the results of which are published here together for the first time, form the basis of a sophisticated reassessment of Christus. His relationship with van Eyck's workshop is explored. There is a careful description of his working methods, including his use of underdrawings and his exploration of perspective. The results of dendrochronological analyses of many of his panels are also given. As important as this technical and art-historical evaluation is the social and biographical background that is provided. Christus is placed in the context of fifteenth-century Bruges, a wealthy and powerful city under the rule of the dukes of Burgundy. its status as a ducal seat fostered a lively cultural life, and patrons for artistic undertakings were also found in the relatively large number of well-to-do citizens and foreign merchants who lived there. The economic, social, and political forces that affected Bruges are described, as is their impact on the city's community of artists, which included Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling."--Publisher's description. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Pages are clean and binding is tight.). Seller Inventory # 104514
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 31.5 x 24.5 cm. Quarto. 232pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Small amount of rubbing to the foredge side of the jacket. Black remainder mark to bottom foredge. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art April 14 - July 31 1994. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 58440
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Cloth, no dj. Slight shelf-wear, else very sound, with clean internals. Seller Inventory # 1986700
Seller: Acadia Art & Rare Books. Est. 1931, Toronto, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover with complete Dj. 62 colour illustrations and 143 in b/w. Bibliography and index. Slightly rubbed rear cover. 4to. Seller Inventory # 008861
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Seller: Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, VT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A wonderful copy, clean and bright. very gently rubbed jacket, otherwise like new. 232pp. Seller Inventory # ABE-11323439257
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. 4to. Pp: xi, 232. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth boards with embossing to front and gilt lettering to spine. Red dust jacket with white lettering and colour illustration to front. Black and white illustrations and colour illustrations, including colour frontispiece, throughout. Heavy book, may require additional postage. ISBN: 0810964821 Very good in very good dust jacket. Light soiling at top edge of text block and light toning at edges of pages. Light rubbing at head and tail of dust jacket spine and at dust jacket corners. Light soiling and indentations to surface at dust jacket rear. Seller Inventory # C73254
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Seller: Mooney's bookstore, Den Helder, Netherlands
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Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # 70O42_64_0810964821
Seller: BWS BKS, Ferndale, NY, U.S.A.
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