Hardcover
1994 · NY
by Suslov, Vitaly (editor)
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1994. Hardcover. VG-/VG- art institute ex-lib. copy with the following on each volume: small spine label, ink stamps on text block edges, cardpocket and barcode sticker on back EP, stamp on FEP, and ownership stamp on verso of title-page.. Both volumes: Green cloth/boards. Green marbled DJs with gilt title block on spine in Mylar covers. SLIPCASE LACKING. Vol. 1: 692 pp. with 672 color images; Vol. 2: 879 pp. with 779 color images. This magnificent 2-volume set is lavishly illustrated. Vol. 1 contains Paleolithic artifacts of the 22nd millenium B.C. to Roman portrait busts, Byzantine coins, Chinese prints, and 19th-century Tibetan art. Vol. 2, drawn from the departments of Western European Art and Russian Art and Culture, presents an impressive array of paintings, sculptures, icons, drawings, and prints spanning the 13th to the 20th centuries. You will likely spend hours with this set and not want to put it down! A treasure trove.
(Inventory #: 22471)