Add this copy of The Season Sarcophagus in Dumbarton Oaks (Two Volumes) to cart. $100.00, very good condition, Sold by Avon Hill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Harvard University Press.
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Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket. Volume One lacks dust jacket. The jacket for Volume Two is worn, with edgewear along bottom edge, as well as general wear.; Two volumes. Clean and tight. Due to size, ships within US only and only by media rate mail. About 70 pages of B/w plates in Volume Two.; Small 4to 9"-11" tall; 600 pp; 2 Vols.
Add this copy of The Season Sarcophagus in Dumbarton Oaks (Dumbarton to cart. $157.50, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1951 by Harvard University Press.
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VG-(DJs have moderate wear to edges and surfaces; edges of book block are tanning lightly; page surfaces are aging only slightly and are crisp and clean; former owner name and year written on first page of each vol. ) 2 vols. Dark turquoise cloth, yellow & illus. dust jackets, 518 total pp. followed in the second vol. by 150 BW plate pages. The two-volume study that uses as its springboard the Roman Season Sarcophagus at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington. "First explores the immediate origins of this type of sepulchral decoration. Then, following its development in late Roman art and its special application to the Christian idiom in the third and fourth centuries, [it] discovers the path leading to the formation of early Byzantine and early medieval seasonal representations. But since the development of these iconographic forms was ultimately dependent upon more ancient conceptions of the seasons, [the book] is drawn on to explore the meaning and use of the cycle of seasons in literature and art from Homer on." (dj) Volume I contains the main text, while Volume II includes the notes, catalogue, indices, and BW plates. An uncommon set.
Add this copy of The Season Sarcophagus in Dumbarton Oaks (Two Volume to cart. $158.00, very good condition, Sold by Powell's Books Chicago rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES.
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Very Good. 1951. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. Two volume set. viii & 280 pp, xx & 238 pp & 150 plates. Mild shelf wear and chipping to dust jackets otherwise protected by acetate covers. Altogether a complete set in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Roman Art).
