Author: Anthony Blunt, Benjamin Rowland, Robert Treat Paine; Alexander Soper; Nikolaus Pevsner (Ed.)
Title: Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700; the Art and Architecture of India, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain; the Art and Architecture of Japan
Description: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1953-1955. First edition. Cloth. Three handsome volumes from the popular Pelican History of Art series, edited by Nikolaus Pevsner. Three volumes from the popular 'Pelican History of Art' series, edited by the German-British art and architecture historian, Nikolaus Pevsner. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth, with pictorial gilt detail. This set comprises of: 'Art and Architecture in France, 1500 to 1700', the first edition. Written by Anthony Blunt. With reference to the Renaissance Motives from Northern Italy, Henry IV and the Regency of Marie de' Medici, The Louvre and more. With 192 pages of plates to the rear of the volume. Collated complete. 'The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain', the rearranged third impression. Written by Benjamin Rowland. With reference to the early classic periods, art under the Kushans, the period of the Hindu dynasties, Indian art in Ceylon and more. With 190 pages of plates to the rear of the volume. Collated complete. 'The Art and Architecture of Japan', the first edition. Written by Robert Treat Paine, and Alexander Soper. With reference to the decoration of castles, the Edo period, Buddhist architecture, the Kamakura period and more. With 173 pages of plates to the rear of the volume. Collated complete. The half title pages are present in each volume. Uniformly bound in the original cloth. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Light fading to the spines. Very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Offsetting to the free endpapers of the 'France' volume. Scattered spots to the fore-edges. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .
Keywords: japan japanese art architecture indian art japanese art Nikolaus Pevsner History of art Not Stated
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Title: Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700; the Art and Architecture of India, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain; the Art and Architecture of Japan
Description: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1953-1955. First edition. Cloth. Three handsome volumes from the popular Pelican History of Art series, edited by Nikolaus Pevsner. Three volumes from the popular 'Pelican History of Art' series, edited by the German-British art and architecture historian, Nikolaus Pevsner. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth, with pictorial gilt detail. This set comprises of: 'Art and Architecture in France, 1500 to 1700', the first edition. Written by Anthony Blunt. With reference to the Renaissance Motives from Northern Italy, Henry IV and the Regency of Marie de' Medici, The Louvre and more. With 192 pages of plates to the rear of the volume. Collated complete. 'The Art and Architecture of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain', the rearranged third impression. Written by Benjamin Rowland. With reference to the early classic periods, art under the Kushans, the period of the Hindu dynasties, Indian art in Ceylon and more. With 190 pages of plates to the rear of the volume. Collated complete. 'The Art and Architecture of Japan', the first edition. Written by Robert Treat Paine, and Alexander Soper. With reference to the decoration of castles, the Edo period, Buddhist architecture, the Kamakura period and more. With 173 pages of plates to the rear of the volume. Collated complete. The half title pages are present in each volume. Uniformly bound in the original cloth. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Light fading to the spines. Very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Offsetting to the free endpapers of the 'France' volume. Scattered spots to the fore-edges. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .
Keywords: japan japanese art architecture indian art japanese art Nikolaus Pevsner History of art Not Stated
Price: GBP 135.00 = appr. US$ 192.78 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 845g5
- Book number: 845g5
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