In 1870, a group of wealthy and culturally ambitious New Yorkers founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a Manhattan brownstone with a lackluster collection. Saltzman recounts the fierce competition to acquire some of the greatest paintings in the world in this story of beauty, aesthetics, and taste.
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In 1870, a group of wealthy and culturally ambitious New Yorkers founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a Manhattan brownstone with a lackluster collection. Saltzman recounts the fierce competition to acquire some of the greatest paintings in the world in this story of beauty, aesthetics, and taste.
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Used book in good and clean conditions. Pages and cover are intact. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks. Fast Shipping.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Diagrams. Audience: General/trade.