horowitz deborah e ed (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good -. Paperback Edition. 245 x 245mm. pp. 192. English text. This text gathers over 100 of Carl Faberge's most beautiful creations, combining hardstones and other precious materials. The volume presents the history of the renowned jeweller's work using the rich mineral resources of Russia, from celebrated Easter eggs to delicate animal sculptures. Features many miniature animal sculptures such as the polar bear, monkey, camel and others. Colour and black and white illustrations (mostly colour). Bound in original blue wraps. Some light wear, otherwise clean. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. 1 kg.

Original publisher's sewn black paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 4to: 240pp., foreword, 5 large essays with illustrations - notes & references, catalogue of Greek manuscripts described: with 68 illustrations - notes & references, bibliographic abbreviations, general bibliographyindex manuscripts cited, short notes on 10 recent acquisitions. ESSAYS: 1. Henry Maguire: The Classical Nude in Byzantine Bone and Ivory Carvings. 2. Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann: Tenth-Century Greek Gospels at the Walters Art Museum: Writing Styles and Ornamental Motifs. 3. Jeffrey C. Anderson: The State of the Walters' Marginal Psalter and Its Implications for Art History. 4. Nancy P. Sevcenko: The Walters' Horologion. 5. Nigel Wilson: The Archimedes Palimpsest: A Progress Report. Very fine copy., Volume 62: The Journal of the Walters Art Museum.