Affreschi del Lago d'Orta: sull'Esterno de Case, Chiese e Cappele; a cura di Luigi Alberti; fotografie de Renato Andorno [provenance: Robert Venturi]
by Alberti, Luigi, editor
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About This Item
Valstrona, Italy: Lo Strona, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 79 p.: black-and-white and color illustrations; 35 cm. Blue cover with dark blue spine and cover titles. Blue endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Introduction is in Italian and English; remainder of text and captions are in Italian only. Includes indexes of locations, subjects, and artists. Contains a record of secular and sacred frescoes on the exterior walls of buildings around Lake Orta, excluding the over 900 frescoes about the life of St. Francis. Gift inscription to architect Robert Venturi, possibly from editor Luigi Alberti, on title page. Scarce. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- Affreschi del Lago d'Orta: sull'Esterno de Case, Chiese e Cappele; a cura di Luigi Alberti; fotografie de Renato Andorno [provenance: Robert Venturi]
- Author
- Alberti, Luigi, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lo Strona
- Place of Publication
- Valstrona, Italy
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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