Clean large hardcover first edition in original dust jacket protected in new clear removable mylar sleeve. Clean light beige cloth boards with wine-red lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and unmarked. With 400 illustrations, many are lovely full color tipped-in illustrations. 488 pages with Index. Dust jacket has edge chips but still attractive in new mylar cover. "There is no other book on this subjec from which one can learn so much in so short a time and with so much delight, none that makes the approach to art so easy or opens the reader's eyes wider to the understanding of art as a whole" (from the dust jacket inside flap). A beautiful book with gorgeous examples of Italian Renaissance paintings, intelligently discussed. Title: The Italian Painters of the Renaissance Author Name: Berenson, Bernard Illustrator: Illustrated Location Published: Phaidon Publishers: 1952 Binding: Hardcover Book Condition: Fine Jacket Condition: Very Good Type: Book Categories: Art, Art History, 1st Edition Seller ID: 036418 Keywords: art appreciation, bernard berenson, italian art, italian painters, italy, renaissance art
