dagleish (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:0174380461.

4to. 95 S. Farbig illustrierter OKt. Einband leicht berieben und leicht leserillig, Marginalie auf Titel mit Blei, sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar. "The need for [pictorial] accuracy extended into the early seventeenth century, but after that considerations of taste became more important. It was no longer considered fitting to load one's person with jewels and precious stones. Henceforth, masculine jewelry took the form of a signet ring, a fine watch, a discreet pair of cuff-links or an unobtrusive tie-pin. There were other ways of demonstrating wealth, and men took to emphasizing their riches, their culture and their ancient lineage by building fine houses, laying out gardens and by emblazoning their coats of arms in stone, on silver, on the doors of their coaches, on their books and on their soup plates." (From the Chapter 'Jewelry and Portraits', by Rosalind K. Marshall P. 9.). Sprache: english.

8vo. pp. xiv, [15]-94, [2]. with half-title. frontis. & numerous text illus. original cloth (extremities trifle frayed). printed complimentary slip of Sir Donald Currie laid in. First Edition.