The Birth of Western Painting: A History of Color, Form, and Iconography, Illustrated from the Paintings of Mount Athos, of Giotto and Duccio, and of El Greco

Author: Byron, Robert; Rice, David Talbot
Title: The Birth of Western Painting: A History of Color, Form, and Iconography, Illustrated from the Paintings of Mount Athos, of Giotto and Duccio, and of El Greco
Publication: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931
Edition: 1st Edition

Description: Hardcover. Limited to 365 copies for distribution in America, this being number 98. Issued a year after the more common British edition. Very scarce in original glassine jacket and paper box. Book is in fine condition, and jacket very good with a few small tears and a bit of loss at corner. Box good, with some wear and rubbing to label and split at 2/4 corners of top of box, and 1/4 corners on bottom. Wonderful copy of this beautiful and important history. Fine / Very Good.

Seller ID: 2903

Subject: Art & Photography, World History

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