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History & Criticism

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1 Anversa & Genova Un sommet dans la peinture baroque
Gent Snoeck 2003 First Edition Stiff wraps VG/NONE 
Europalia; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen; 4 octobre 2003 - 1 janvier 2004; some very light bumping at lower corners; also bump top edge of front cover, with slight creasing on first 20 pages or so. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 166 pages 
Price: 40.00 USD
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2 Century of Splendor Seventeenth-Century French Painting in French Public Collections
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1993 2711826864 / 9782711826865 First Edition Hardcover VG/VG- 
Exhibition January 21 - March 28, 1993; light bumping at spine ends; dust jacket has faded some along the spine; light rubbing/wear on rear dj cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 399 pages 
Price: 45.00 USD
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3 DADA - CONSTRUCTIVISM The Janus Face of the Twenties [26 September - 15 December 1984]
London Annely Juda Fine Art 1984 0950412155 / 9780950412153 Softcover G/NONE 
Illustrated tan wraps. Creasing to spine, also light edgewear and some rubbing and light soiling, lower corners creased and fanning out a bit. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 8vo; 153 pages 
Price: 80.00 USD
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4 FACES AND FIGURES Thomas Ammann Fine Art Zurich, Exhibition June-September 1989
Zurich Thomas Ammann Fine Art 1989 Softcover VG-/NONE 
Yellow wraps with dark grey titles, color plate pasted to front. Smokey smell, lower corner fanning out, soiling, small patch of foxing to lower front near spine, very light edgewear. ; Introduction in German and English.; Color Illustrations; Folio; 31 plates pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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5 HENRI IV et la reconstruction du royaume
Paris Reunion des musees nationaux 1989 2711822621 / 9782711822621 1st Softcover Edition Softcover VG-/NONE 
Some overall edgewear; bumping at upper corners, with some creases across upper corners of covers front and rear; rubbing/wear to covers. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" ; 431 pages 
Price: 35.00 USD
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6 L'ENFANT CHERI AU SIECLE DES LUMIERES
L' Inventaire 2003 2910490416 / 9782910490416 Softcover VG/NONE 
Glossy pictorial wraps with light scuffing and edgewear. Binding tight, spine uncreased, text clean. Small sticker to rear cover. Well illustrated. Text in French.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 184 pages 
Price: 70.00 USD
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7 SYMBOLIQUE & BOTANIQUE le sens cache des fleurs dans la peinture au XVIIe siecle
Musee des Beaux Arts de Caen 1987 Hardcover VG/NONE 
Glossy pictorial wraps with light edgewear. Binding tight, text clean. Old barcode sticker to rear cover. Text in French.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Unpaginated pages 
Price: 18.00 USD
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8 THE GOLDEN AGE OF NAPLES Art and Civilization Under the Bourbons, 1734-1805 [2 VOLUMES]
Detroit Institute of Arts with Art Institute of Chicago 1981 Softcover VG/NONE 
TWO-VOLUME SET, bound in illustrated wraps. Lower corner of each volume bowing up slightly, some edgewear and rubbing, barcode sticker to each rear cover. ; 4to; 472 pages 
Price: 35.00 USD
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9 Ackley, Clifford S. Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt
Boston New York Graphic Society 1981 0878461981 / 9780878461981 First Edition Hardcover VG+/VG 
8 color plates; 250 black & white illustrations; light wear/bumping at spine ends; slight traces of soiling on top edge of text block; dust jacket shows light edgewear, bit more evident at corners and spine ends. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9"; 316 pages 
Price: 75.00 USD
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10 André Cariou (Auteur), MaryAnne Stevens (Auteur), Antoine Terrasse (Auteur), Musée national du Luxembourg (France) (Auteur), Quimper (France). Musée des beaux-arts (Auteur) L'AVENTURE DE PONT-AVEN ET GAUGUIN
Skira 2003 Softcover VG/NONE 
Pictorial wraps with light edgewear and scuffing. Few light creases to spine. Slightly shelf-cocked. Binding strong, text clean. Text in French. Well illustrated.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 365 pages 
Price: 60.00 USD
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11 Bailey, Colin B. with Carrie A. Hamilton THE LOVES OF THE GODS Mythological Painting from Watteau to David
Fort Worth Kimbell Art Museum 1992 0912804262 / 9780912804262 Softcover VG/NONE 
Illustrated wraps. Creasing to spine, light edgewear (esp. at corners) and rubbing, small owner name and a 1/4" stain to half-title. ; Color and B&W Illustrations; 4to; 588 pages 
Price: 35.00 USD
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12 Bailey, Gauvin Alexander, Pamela M. Jones, Franco Mormando and Thomas W. Worcester (editors) HOPE AND HEALING Painting in Italy in a Time of Plague, 1500-1800
Clark University / College of the Holy Cross / Worcester Art Museum 2005 0936042052 / 9780936042053 Softcover VG/NONE 
Illustrated black wraps. Light edgewear and rubbing.; B&W and Color Illustrations; 4to; 264 pages 
Price: 20.00 USD
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13 Barnes, Susan J. and Walter S. Melion (editor) CULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE VISUAL ARTS
Washingon, DC National Gallery of Art 1989 0894681338 / 9780894681332 Softcover VG/NONE 
Illustrated wraps. Price sticker and residue to rear cover, o/w only light shelfwear. ; Studies in the History of Art; Vol. 27; B&W Illustrations; 4to; 149 pages 
Price: 12.50 USD
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14 Battersby, Martin TROMPE L'OEIL The Eye Deceived
New York St. Martin's Press 1974 085670055x / 9780856700552 First US Edition Hardcover VG/G+ 
Bumping to spine ends and corners; few small, light stains on top edge of textblock; dust jacket has edgewear both top and bottom, mostly at spine ends and corners, where there is some fraying and a couple small chips out; slight sunning to spine. ; 200 illustrations, including 16pp in color. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 158 pages 
Price: 16.00 USD
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15 Benoist, Luc Descubra El Secreto Del Arte
Barcelona Editorial Eco, S. A. 1964 Hardcover G/G 
in dust jacket; Light rubbing to paper covered boards. Small tears, wrinkling and wear to DJ edges. Small chips missing from DJ edges at spine edges and corners. ; Illustrations; 4to 
Price: 8.80 USD
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16 Bentini, Jadranka; and Grazia Agostini (editors) Une renaissance singulière La Cour des Este a Ferrare
Milano Snoeck 2003 1st Softcover Edition Softcover VG/NONE 
4to 11" - 13" tall; 357 pages 
Price: 40.00 USD
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17 Bevlin, Marjorie Elliott DESIGN THROUGH DISCOVERY An Introduction to Art and Design
Harcourt Brace College Publishers 1993 0030765471 / 9780030765476 Sixth Edition Softcover VG-/NONE 
Pictorial wraps with light scuffing and edgewear; mild curling to fore edge; light yellowing to edges. Spine slightly faded. Binding tight, spine uncreased, text clean. Trace soil to text block.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ; 410 pages 
Price: 30.00 USD
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18 Boas, Nancy & Charles Eldredge SOCIETY OF SIX CALIFORNIA COLORISTS
University of California Press 1997 0520210557 / 9780520210554 Softcover VG/NONE 
Glossy pictorial wraps with light edgewear and scuffing; small price sticker to rear cover. Binding tight, text clean. Trace soil to text block.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 224 pages 
Price: 35.00 USD
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19 Bober, Phyllis Pray & Ruth Rubinstein & Susan Woodford Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture A Handbook of Sources
A Harvey Miller Publication 1991 0905203968 / 9780905203966 Revised Edition Hardcover VG+/NONE 
Pictorial glossy boards. There is a slight lean to the spine but otherwise a very clean, tight copy with only minor wear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 522 pages 
Price: 100.00 USD
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20 Borowsky, Irvin J. VOYAGE TO LIBERTY THROUGH FAITH
Philadelphia National Liberty Museum 2000 Limited Edition Hardcover NF/VG+ 
Black cloth-covered boards, minimal rubbing to corners. Dust jacket in mylar, creasing and few tiny tears to corners and folds, light rubbing esp. at folds. ; Book is dedicated to Toni and Lee Leichtag: publication page has a gift inscription to previous owner from "Lee & Toni." ; Color Illustrations; Folio; 71 pages 
Price: 12.00 USD
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