Baroque & Rococo, Architecture & Decoration, A. Blunt, 1978. 1st Ed. HC/DJ, NF

Description: On offer, an exceptional and Near Fine copy of Baroque & Rococo: Architecture & Decoration, Anthony Blunt, editor, Paul Elek, Ltd, 1978. Stated First Edition. 352 pp. including 431 illustrations, 31 color plates, index, glossary, & bibliography. See photo for table of contents. 10” x 12”, Hardcover, sienna cloth boards, pictorial dust jacket. “In one comprehensive volume, Anthony Blunt has brought together the whole subject of Barque in its historical context, and illustrating it with the brilliant photographs of Wim Swann, has produced a wide-ranging and authoritative study, fresh for the specialist and a sure guide for the general reader to its complex and powerful features. While the volume has all the appurtenances of a coffee table book, it is crowned with a text of competence, comprehensiveness and lucidity, provided by academics with a focus on the relevant tradition.” (dj) The book covers the history and development of Baroque and Rococo elements in Italy, France, Flanders, England, Holland, Spain, Spanish America, Portugal, Brazil and Central and Eastern Europe. Book is part of a private estate library, and is in beautiful, collectible condition. Binding is tight and firm, boards bright and unwarped, edges and corners are sharp, with essentially no wear, and no bumps. Text block is clean excepting light dust stippling on it’s top edge, and a book-seller stamped red star on bottom. Interior is pristine; no tears, stains, or marginalia. Please review photos to further determine condition. Shipped via USPS MEDIA MAIL.

Price: 45 USD

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

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