254pp, eighty-eight black and white plates. Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 4to. Sun faded spine and boards. Lightly bumped spine ends, heel cloth rubbed. Text block edges tanning and affecting page margins; also just starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
The first part of the book offers a visual history, age by age, plotting the main trends and observing changes in taste and technique. The second fills out more significant moments in the general history of visual tradition. .
