Author: Wilpert, Joseph [appeared under the name Giuseppe Wilpert].
Title: I sarcofagi cristiani antichi. [Parte] I: Testo & Tavole, [Parte] II: Testo & Tavole & [Parte] III: Supplemento.
Description: Roma, Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 1929 - 1936. 3 volumes in 5 parts. XVI,194 pp. 116 b./w. figs (= vol. 1, part 1: text); X,[2]pp. [= title & list of plates]. 158 plates with b./w. ills, numbered I - CLVIII (= vol. 1, part 2: plates); X,22,[195]-381,[1] pp. [106] b./w. figs, [numbered 117 - 222] (= vol. 2, part 1: text); VIII pp. [= title & list of plates].[108] plates with b./w. ills, [numbered CLIX-CCLXVI] (= vol. 2, part 2); VIII,75,[3]pp [3] b./w. figs [lettered a - c], [71] b./w. figs [numbered 223 -293], 34 plates with b./w. ills, [numbered CCLXVII-CCC] (= vol. 3: supplement). Uniform orig. hardcover publishers' bindings (beige / olive cloth with dark brown lettering to front covers & spines). Folio [ca. 49 x 37.5 cm.]. - Volumes 1.1, 1.2 & 2.2. with foxed pastdowns; top edge of pages of vol. 2. 1 lightly waterstained. (Monumente dell'Antichita Christiana I). - - Apart from the light staines on the top edge of the pages of the text part of volume 2, a very neat good set.Rare complete set of three volumes in five parts: Volume Primo: Testo (1929); Volume Primo: Tavole (1929); Volume Secundo: Testo (1932); Volume Secundo: Tavole (1932); Volume Terzo: Supplemento (1936). - - Joseph Wilpert's monumental and extensive illustrated study of early Christian sarcophagi and funerary art. Published as a sequel to Wilperts' two volume work: Die Malereien der Katacomben Roms. (Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1903). This work, and the study offered here, is still regarded as one of the best sources for this early Christian art.

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