Renaissance: The Sculptured Tombs of the Fifteenth Century in Rome with Chapters on the Previous Centuries from 1100
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xiv, 381pp., 88 plates. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling on cover, gilt ruling and lettering on spine; raised bands. Gilt top edge. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece with tissue guard. "..no book dealing exclusively with this subject has been written in English, or, indeed, in any other language... Italian and German critics have produced a mass of material of the highest value. This material, however, must be sought for in articles... or, in a more permanent form, in A. Venturi's "L'Arte Italiana" and Fritz Burger's "Das Florentinische Grabmal bis Michelangelo." (Author). Illustrated with 88 b/w reproductions of photographs presented on 47 plates, including frontispiece. Contains list of plates and bibliography at front, index of tombs, artists, etc. at rear. Binding with light wear along edges, light scuffing at raised bands, and minor foxing on free endpapers. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #44020
Price: $75.00