Oxford, China and Italy: Writings in Honour of Sir Harold Acton on His Eightieth Birthday - Hardcover
Limited edition: no. 205 of 250 numbered copies. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; Physical description: 246 p. , [17] p. Of plates : ill ; 27 cm. Subjects: Acton, Harold Mario Mitchell, Sir, 1904-1994. Authors, English - 20th century - Biography. Italy - Civilization. Art history - Collected essays. "A select bibliography of the writings of Sir Harold Acton": p. [241]-246. Summary: This volume, published on the occasion of Sir Harold Acton's eightieth birthday, includes contributions on a variety of subjects, some relating directly to Sir Harold's life and writings, others on topics which have traditionally interested him. Since his friends include many of the world's leading poets, novelists, academics and scholars, the volume is a unique anthology of exceptional interest. It contains original poems by the Poet Laureate and others, tributes and memoirs by former fellow students who are now distinguished men of letters and a fascinating collection of scholarly articles by leading authorities ranging from Chinese art, Italian Renaissance architecture and politics, seventeenth-century Anglo-Italian relations, the Grand Tour and Neapolitan art to Sir William Hamilton, Canova and Rousseau and the Goncourts in Italy.
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- PublisherThames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0500013519
- ISBN 13 9780500013519
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages248
- EditorChaney Edward, Ritchie Neil
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