Raphael by Stokes Adrian (2 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st edition in the Faber Gallery series, folio, 24pp, introduction and notes by Stokes, tipped in plates, another of those impeccable productions that became commonplace from Faber in its golden era, slim and spare, with irridescent colour reproduction, knowledgeable notes; a great series often sadly overlooked when compared to modern glossier blockbuster art productions that find their way into remainder shops before they're six months old; dusty o/w VG Copy in dusty pictorial DJ worn and chipped about extrems Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 24pp - 10 Tipped-in color plates. Raphael Italian painter and architect (14831520) Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, now generally known in English as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. Text in Englsih. Original boards and dust-jacket. In good condition.