The Royal Galleries of the Academy of Venice: Catalogue compiled by the Directors of The Royal Galleries of the Academy of Venice, published by Casa Editrice Apollo in 1928. This Book is a Softcover with Dust Jacket measuring 4.875" x 7.375" with 176 pages plus 36 black & white plates.

Description

The Royal Galleries of the Academy of Venice were established in conjunction with the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice in 1807 by the Napoleonic Government, which collected the best works of art originally found in Venetian churches, convents, and other suppressed ecclesiastical groups. The galleries and academy became independent of each other in 1879. The galleries periodically grew from the original Napoleonic-assembled collection to 884 paintings and 37 sculptures cataloged in this book. This catalogue is indexed and has 36 black & white plates of some of the major works by Giovanni Bellini (Giambellino), Canaletto, Vittore Carpaccio, Andrea Mantegna, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, and others.

Condition

This Book is in overall Good Condition, though is still in relatively Nice Condition for a Softcover of its age. The Glassine-type Dust Jacket has a Small Amount of Pencil Writing on the Rear Cover and some Small Areas of Chipping along the Edges, but the Dust Jacket has No Stains or Other Major Damage. The Plain Softcovers have Small Areas of Chipping at the Corners and a Small, Light Stain at the Top Fore Edge Corner of the Rear Cover but No Other Major Damage. The Spine is Creased; the Binding is Slightly Weakened and Brittle with Age but still Intact. The Interior is mostly Clean and Unmarked with No Highlighting or Underlining but with Pencil Writing on a Few Pages and has Light Foxing to some of the Plates, Very Small Creases to the Fore Edge Corner of a Few Pages, and a Scratch to the Fore Edge which has caused Very Small, 1/8" long Tears to the Fore Edge Margin of some Pages, but the Interior has No Stains, Musty Odor, or Other Major Damage. The Page Edges have the aforementioned Small Scratch to the Fore Edge but No Remainder Mark, Foxing, Stains, or Other Major Damage.

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