Language: French
Published by W. Undermann, Königstein im Taunus, 1924
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.80
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 10 pages : 10 colour plates ; 31 cm. Worn covers, internally Very Good.
Hardcover. Maroon cloth/boards with gilt lettering on spine. No dj.269 pp. with bw illustrations tipped in throughout. A series of 33 essays by as many authors, plus Preambles I and II, and with an introduction by Oswald Goetz, mastermind behind this project to honor Swarezenski on his 75th birthday. Contributors include Erwin Panofsky, Lilli Fischel, Bernard Berenson, Gaetano Ballardini, Hans Tietze, and others. Also includes a bibliography of Swarzenski's publications. Each essay is in one language only, and among them, they are in English, German, Italian, and French. Most essays center on some aspect of European art. Swarzenski was a pioneering art museum director in Frankfurt and later an art curator in the US. VG, clean, tight interior but for very small stamp on flyleaf from art museum library; covers rubbed, and spine faded.