Sir harold acton (10 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the Royal Academy, London and then the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge in 1979. 124pp, with numerous full page illustrations. In laminated card covers. Small 4to. Gentle edge wear to card covers, with small flat crease near base on front and a few scuff marks on verso. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.…

Original publisher's gray paper-covered boards, silver title spine, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: 200pp., very richly illustrated, introductory essay with illustrations, 30 villas [outside & inside] depicted with large page-large plates, small pictorial list villas - with descriptions & references, general bibliography. Very fine copy. Veneto = erea surrounding Venice - Padua - Treviso - Vicenza. …

hardcover. Zustand: very good(+). very good(+). 188 illustrations, including 150 color photographs by Reinhart Wolf. 199 pages. Folio, grey cloth, d.w. (sunned spine). New York: Abrams, (1988). Edges of boards a touch sunned, otherwise fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

unknown_binding. Zustand: Good. 1965 methuen edition on brown cloth.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. With dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. A beautiful journey through Florence; it's people, culture, and history as portrayed through a series of wonderful engravings. Sir Harold Acton CBE (1904-1994) was, across a long and distinguished literary career, one of the twentieth century's foremost English interpreters of Italian, and particularly Florentine, culture and history. A British writer and aesthete born and raised at Villa La Pietra outside Florence, Acton returned after wartime service to restore his childhood home and remained there, at the centre of the city's cultural life, for the remainder of his days. Acton's literary engagement with Florence spanned decades, encompassing works including The Last of the Medici (1930) and The Bourbons of Naples (1956), and he was knighted in 1974 for his services to literature and to Anglo-Italian cultural relations. On his death in 1994, he left Villa La Pietra to New York University, where it remains today as the university's Florence campus. The Book of Florence, produced by the Rome-based publisher Editalia as part of its "Le Città d'Oro" series celebrating the great historic cities of Italy, brings together Acton's authoritative text with an extensive programme of reproduced historical engravings documenting Florence's architecture, art, and civic life across the centuries. The production of the book itself is wondrous: luxurious, heavy handmade paper, a full leather binding and, strikingly, a cover made from hammered bronze bearing the heraldic lily of Florence. The volume is housed in a richly illustrated slipcase. Limited edition. Limited to 1,949 numbered copies, this being number 492. Large folio (40.5 x 33.5cm). 242, [i: colophon] pp. Full leather binding with raised bands, spine richly gilt. Front cover with hammered bronze plate bearing the Florence coat of arms (the Florentine lily) in relief. Rear cover with five bronze knobs. Printed on heavy, handmade paper stock. Housed in cloth and illustrated paper slipcase. Numerous reproduced engravings throughout, including three folding illustrations to the rear. Some shelf wear to slipcase outer surfaces. Volume in excellent order, some markings left my leather page marker to single pages. Otherwise, pristine throughout. Part of Editalia's "Le Città d'Oro" (The Golden Cities) series of bibliophile city monographs; issued alongside a companion volume, Le Livre de Rome, presented by Gaston Palewski. Please note: This is a large and heavy volume. Additional postage costs may apply. If so, we will contact you after purchase.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO30378011: 1987. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 160 pages. Jaquette et sous emboîtage corrects. Nombreuses photos en couleurs, dont frontispice. Avec Jaquette. Sous Emboitage. . Classification Dewey : 945-Italie.

Folio. pp. 199, [1]. Profusely illus. in colour & b/w. biblio. boards (top edge sunned). dw.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Description: 4° - 301pp - Color Plates and B/w reproductions. Exhibition Catalogue: PAINTING IN NAPLES 1606-1705 From Caravaggio to Giordano from 2 October to 12 December 1982. First edition, text in English language. Original pictorial boards (Caravaggio). In Fine condition.…

One page, 8vo, fold marks, good condition. "Herewith I enclose the proofs you kindly sent with many thanks. All is at a standstill here for Ferragosto [underlined] but I hope this will reach you safely by express post.".