1930s Illustrated Octavo Volume Set, Chandler Rathfon Post's a History of Spanish Paintings - 12 Books

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Post, Chandler Rathfon Post. A History of Spanish Painting.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930-1941. First edition. 8 volumes in 12. … Read more Post, Chandler Rathfon Post. A History of Spanish Painting.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930-1941. First edition. 8 volumes in 12. 8vo; 6035 pp. Brown cloth, gilt lettered spine, text interspersed with over 1700 illustrations. Illustrated dust jackets, slight-moderately sunned covers, wear at extremities with 6 short tears (.5-1.5 in). Near fine in very good-good dust jackets.

Many of the works had never before been published and many are of works probably destroyed or lost during and since the Spanish Civil War. With exhaustive bibliographies and double indices of artists and place names, A History of Spanish Paintings is the indispensable authority in its field, acclaimed for its impeccable scholarship, broad scope, and lucid presentation by leading critics of Europe and America. (DJ) See less