korres bouras (4 Ergebnisse)

Cloth w/dust jacket. 4to. Cloth w/dust jacket. 540 pages. First edition. In commemoration of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, twenty outstanding scholars have set about to celebrate, with prose and illustration, 2,500 years of Greece's most famous city. This unique work, with its collection of rare drawings and photographs, explores the historical Athens from its Classical beginnings to the city's rebirth as the bustling, modern capitol of the Greek nation. The reader is invited to view many beautiful illustrations that capture Athens' timeless architecture, mosaics, wall-paintings and sculpture that have fascinated both ancient and modern travelers. Each scholar/author shares with us their special insight into the many facets of the city's long history. The text of this work is presented in seventeen well-written chapters that focus on the city's architecture, art, culture, monuments, landscape, history and urban development. These essays allow the reader to form a multi-dimensional understanding of this birthplace of Democracy and origin of Western Thought and Civilization.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio, cloth, dust jacket, 521pp., ills. Edition of 2,000 copies. VG/VG: a clean, bright and sound book with mild bumps to 3 corners, a moderate bump to the 4th; a clean and whole jacket but dust soiling and rubbing evident at the rear. Extra postage will be asked (8).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Very minor shelfwear.; 47 pages.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published IN 1983 by The Ministry of Culture and Sciences Committee for the Preservation of the Acropolis Monuments Athens, this is the first softback printing of M Korres and others STUDY FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE PARTHENON which was produced to accompany the 2nd international meeting in Athens between 12-14 September 1983. 79 pages plus 21 pages of illustrations, beige card covers the book is in very good condition and also contains an original program from the international meeting.