Author: WALLIS, MIECZYSLAW
Title: Canaletto: Malarz Warszawy
Description: Warsaw: Auriga, 1960. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto the Younger). Publisher's full cloth boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. 4to. 38, (122 plates) pp. Illustrated with four color tipped-in plates and 118 full-page, monochrome plates (some fold-out). IN POLISH. Small gift inscription on half-title, otherwise unmarked. The boards are lightly shelf-worn, else fine. NEAR FINE. A monograph about Bernardo Bellotto (1720-1780, called "Canalleto the Younger"), court painter to the king of Poland, Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski. His paintings recorded the features of Warsaw, the architecture, the street scenes, and Polish Society, at the time Warsaw was becoming one of the most beautiful cities of Northern Europe.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Art; Art; History; Painting; Canaletto; Warsaw; Belotto Art, Antiques & Photography


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