Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine Condition. 410 pages. Hardcover with texts in French, translated from the original Italian. Lengthy gift inscriptions in ink (and French) on the front free endpaper, but otherwise, the binding is sharp and tight, with a bright dustjacket and clean interior free of markings. Focused on European masters of painting, and divided into geographical region, with brief biographies of each artist, accompanied by beautifully selected and reproduced images of their work.
Cloth. Zustand: Fine Condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine Condition. 384 pages. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth covered boards with silver stamping, and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. French language edition of the Italian original. Crisp, tight, sharp and tight binding, with a clean, unmarked interior and a bright dustjacket, now encased in a Mylar sleeve. Handsomely illustrated, but extensively researched, with a hefty index, bibliography, and biographical dictionary. Book.