first edition
1974 · New York
by Russian Orthodox Youth Committee, ed
New York: Wittenborn Art Books, 1974. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm x 22cm). Green cloth boards (hardcover); pictorial dustjacket; 216pp; illus. Very Good + copy; slight sun-fading to top and bottom extremities; ex-Hillwood Museum Library markings on inside front cover and front end-page, else clean and tight. Near Fine dustwrapper; adhesive residue on bottom spine panel, else clean. Volume II of a pictorial history of Russian architecture, which focuses on palaces and churches as part of the cultural heritage of Byzantium. 192 illustrations in color and b&w. In Russian and English languages. (Inventory #: 43933)