National Art Library Catalog V - Tapa dura

National Art Library Catalogue, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Catalogue of Exhibition Catalogues.

Cloth, folio, v, [ii], 621 pp. Arntzen & Rainwater.: "The Library [of the Victoria and Albert Museum, also known as The National Art Library ] has always laid great emphasis on reference works dealing with all aspects of design in the applied arts without neglecting the fine arts. An expansive range of subjects extensively covered includes: architecture - sculpture - painting - the graphic arts - ornament - textiles - costume - ceramics - glass - woodwork - furniture - metalwork - jewelry - illuminated manuscripts - book arts. This broad coverage of the applied arts makes the Catalogue a natural companion to the Catalogue of the British Museum Library. Every language is represented in which any book of important art interest has been published, since the Library pursues a policy of purchasing works in their original language unless it is known that an English or common European edition is soon to be available.The Library possesses over 50,000 catalogues of exhibitions held during the past 150 years. The catalogues range in importance from small one-man shows at ephemeral galleries to enormous cooperative exhibitions which are of major significance in terms of art history scholarship. This Catalogue records the exhibition catalogues under the organizing gallery or institution by title and date. It will prove invaluable to art historians in the tracing of artist's histories and in verifying the pedigree of art objects." - from the introduction. "An estimated 10,200 entries for more than 50,000 exhibition catalogues of the last 150 years. Catalogues are recorded by title and date under organizing gallery or institution. In two parts: (1) Great Britain and provincial galleries; (2) Foreign and Commonwealth galleries. The only catalogue of its size which provides a key to this important area of art research. " An ex-library copy with a paper spine-label, stamps to all edges of the textblock and on the front pastedown endpaper, blindstamp on the title-page, library number at foot of one page, boards slightly scuffed, otherwise Good. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-50879

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