Author: STOW, Hester Harrington
Title: Greek Athletics & Festivals in the Fifth Century
Description: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1939. Folio. Black card stock portfolio housing complete set of forty 12" X 16½" black-and-white plates and 29pp pamphlet. Very good overall. Portfolio shows some edgewear, with inside front wrapper bearing white-ink "Director's room" notes at top edge, while all prints are pristine and immaculate. First edition of "Illustrative Set No. 2" of the Museum Extension Publications. Handsome complete set of this print collection, with each plate including descriptive text. Superb overview, for plates open with a map of the festival routes and most other plates are high quality photographs of ancient Greek vases, mosaics, busts, statuary, architecture, etc. Near fine accompanying booklet in front pocket contains invaluable commentary on every plate. Discreet, inoffensive ex-library, with white-ink call number and pamphlet bearing small inkstamp and blind-emboss of the New Britain Institute. .
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Title: Greek Athletics & Festivals in the Fifth Century
Description: Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1939. Folio. Black card stock portfolio housing complete set of forty 12" X 16½" black-and-white plates and 29pp pamphlet. Very good overall. Portfolio shows some edgewear, with inside front wrapper bearing white-ink "Director's room" notes at top edge, while all prints are pristine and immaculate. First edition of "Illustrative Set No. 2" of the Museum Extension Publications. Handsome complete set of this print collection, with each plate including descriptive text. Superb overview, for plates open with a map of the festival routes and most other plates are high quality photographs of ancient Greek vases, mosaics, busts, statuary, architecture, etc. Near fine accompanying booklet in front pocket contains invaluable commentary on every plate. Discreet, inoffensive ex-library, with white-ink call number and pamphlet bearing small inkstamp and blind-emboss of the New Britain Institute. .
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Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 49717
- Book number: 49717
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