Ettore Camesasca Appendix (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Complete in two (2) volumes, uniformly bound in goldenrod buckram, lettered in gold foil, with untrimmed text block edges, slipcased in matching cloth. 308 pp.text, 323 illus. including 260 color, both tipped-in and (Vol. II) (54) color plates, some folding. 1st American/1st English-language edition, originally published in Italy in 1965. Vol. I shows a few inked notations on pp. 33-39 by the tipped-in plates of the Popes and two pages with highlighting, interiors otherwise unmarked and fully intact, all plates present without folds or tears. Dust jackets Fine/as issued. Slipcase Near Fine to Fine with minor soiling and a few surface blemishes. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First English language edition. Elephant folio (16 1/4 x 13 1/2). 307, [1]pp. (Vol. 1); [16]pp. (Text), liv (54) leaves (Plates) (Vol. 2). Original illustrated dust-jacket over olive cloth, with gold lettering to front covers and spines. Title pages in burgundy and black lettering. Each dj with a small (1") closed tear, otherwise a fine set, but lacking the publisher's cloth slipcase and priced accordingly. "These two folio volumes contain the most complete coverage of the Sistine Chapel possible within the pages of a book. The text, lavishly illustrated with tipped-on black-and-white plates and color plates, charts and diagrams, has been divided into several parts. From Roberto Salvini, eminent professor of the University of Florence, comes the grand account of the whole and its parts; from Ettore Camesasca, a distinguished younger scholar, comes an exacting study of the literary and critical sources that have accumulated since 1541 (when the completed Chapel was unveiled) concerning each scene and figure as well as ceremonies, architectural aspects, and contemporary letters, poems, and drawings; Professor Carlo Ragghianti of the University of Pisa contributes a summation of the system of decoration. Descriptions, historical background, documents and literature, and great events are covered, and there is a full apparatus of notes and bibliography. The second volume is devoted to extraordinary full-page color plates,several of them multipaged fold-outs. Not only are whole walls and ceilings shown in stunning totality, but actual-size details of the frescoes make it possible to examine these with cinematic clarity. The result is an overwhelming effect of power and immediacy; no visitor to the Chapel itself can receive all the impressions this book provides" (From the Publishers). There are a total of 323 illustrations, including 260 in full color. The text is printed on high quality laid watermarked paper with deckled edges.

As New. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First. Still in Original Plastic, in Slipcase New York: Harry N Abrams, 1965 307 [260 plates]pp Folio Two volume set in slipcase Olive green cloth with gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the front board and spine Deckling to text block edges Illustrated with 323 plates, 260 in full colour--some colour plates have been tipped in Olive green cloth slip case Illustrated dust jacket on both volumes have some minor shelf wear Overall, an attractive set near fine A large, profusely illustrated set on the Sistine Chapel The second volume is the plate volume with hundreds of details of the murals International Orders subject to additional shipping charges.