MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01364cam a22003251 4500
001 31013975
003 DLC
005 20121207080840.0
008 760723s1931 nyuf 000 0 eng
010 $a 31013975
035 $a(OCoLC)2328772
040 $aDLC$cTNJ$dDLC
042 $apremarc
050 00 $aND53$b.B9
082 $a750.9
100 1 $aByron, Robert,$d1905-1941.
245 14 $aThe birth of western painting,$ba history of colour, form, and iconography, illustrated from the paintings of Mistra and mount Athos, of Giotto and Duccio, and of El Greco,$cby Robert Byron and David Talbot Rice; with 94 plates.
260 $aNew York,$bA. A. Knopf,$c1931.
300 $axviii, 236, [2] p.$b94 pl. (incl. front.)$c29 cm.
500 $aDescriptive letterpress on versos facing the plates.
500 $a"This edition is limited to 365 copies for America, of which this is number 87."
500 $a"The text and notes are by Robert Byron. The bulk of the illustrations is the work of David Talbot Rice."
504 $aBibliography: p. 220-226.
650 0 $aPainting, Byzantine.
600 00 $aGreco,$d1541?-1614.
650 0 $aChristian art and symbolism.
650 0 $aMural painting and decoration, Byzantine.
650 0 $aPainting$zGreece$zAthos.
650 0 $aPainting$zGreece$zMistra.
700 1 $aRice, David Talbot,$d1903-1972,$ejoint author.