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Near Fine. Near Fine Dust Jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. pp. 398. 398 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
Publisher:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, Inc
Published:
1982
Alibris ID:
17967461097
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VG-(No dj; ex-art library, with bookplates and i.d. marks on outermost pages, otherwise clean. ) Crimson stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, 398 pp. 13 bw, 283 color plates. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art, organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This volume, written by distinguished historians and by curators of the Vatican collections, provides an authoritative and up-to-date survey of all aspects of the Vatican, including essays on the organization of the Church, its evolution, councils, architecture and art. Lavishly illustrated, with much to see here.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0810917114. Tight clean unmarked book in brilliant red cloth; in lightly rubbed dust jacket; wonderfully illustrated and produced. 280 colorplates; 10 x 12.5"; 432 pages.
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Fine in fine jacket. Spirit and Art of Christian Rome. 4to. Red cloth, with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped "THE VATICAN" on the front cover. 398 pages, with Selected Bibliography. With 296 illustrations, 283 in color; maps and plans. In illustrated dust-jacket. Issued in connection with the exhibition, "The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art". A crisp, unmarked, as new copy. Due to massive size, international shipping at cost.