1963 Treasures of Venice: The Church of St Mark's, The Treasure of St Mark's, The Ducal Palace, The Gallerie Dell'Accademia, The Architecture and Monuments of Venice

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper

First edition. 

With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Book is housed in a beige card slipcase. 

A large survey of Venetian art and architecture, including sights from St. Mark's Basilica, the Gallerie dell'Accademia and the Ducal Palace. 

Richly illustrated throughout with tipped-in monochrome and colour photographs and reproductions, both full-page and in-text. 

With descriptive and historical text by Michelangelo Muraro and Andre Grabar. Muraro was a student of Giuseppe Fiocco and dedicated himself to the study and preservation of Venetian art and architecture. Grabar was one of the 20th-century founders of the study of the art and icons of the Eastern Roman Empire.