Catalogue de l'exposition de gravures anciennes et modernes


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"This catalogue contains examples by most of the major French printers; it also contains very early examples of half-tone work, including a full page ad by Charles Petit that is as early as the first published Ives work in the United States, and as good or better."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 69.







The British Encyclopedia


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Book Arts of Isfahan


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In the seventeenth century, the Persian city of Isfahan was a crossroads of international trade and diplomacy. Manuscript paintings produced within the city’s various cultural, religious, and ethnic groups reveal the vibrant artistic legacy of the Safavid Empire. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Getty Museum, Book Arts of Isfahan offers a fascinating account of the ways in which the artists of Isfahan used their art to record the life around them and at the same time define their own identities within a complex society.




Adventures in the Arts


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