Richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs and sixteen pages of full color, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Baltimore history, the history of museums and art collecting in America, and the art and culture of nineteenth-century America.
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Richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs and sixteen pages of full color, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Baltimore history, the history of museums and art collecting in America, and the art and culture of nineteenth-century America.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. All books mailed in heavy cardboard boxes. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Color and black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 309 pages.
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VG/VG, Signed copy with inscription. Back cloth gilt spine lettering, purple dj with color illustration; [xvi] 309 pp., illus. (some col. ), bib. notes, index. Biography of prominent 19th/20th century Baltimore art collectors. From the dust jacket: "In the mid-nineteenth century, Baltimore businessman William Thompson Walters began to patronize the artists of Maryland. Today, the museum that bears his name-Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery--excels in fields as diverse as Egyptian bronzes, Byzantine silver, illuminated manuscripts, medieval carved ivories, early Renaissance paintings, Sèvres porcelains, Islamic metalwork, and Chinese ceramics.
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Fine in Neat Fine jacket. Book (xvi) 310 pages, color plates, b/w illustrations in text, notes index, 8vo, black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Story of the creation of one of the finest private art museums in America.