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Vintage 1967 The World Of Giotto C.1267-1337 Time-Life Red Cream HC Slipcase Art
Slipcase and cream boards show heavy foxing, scattered age spots, and light soiling with modest edge rubbing but no splits. Half-title and several preliminary pages display noticeable foxing and small stains, while the main text pages remain clean, bright, and tightly bound with no underlining or highlighting. Previous owner\'s name is written in ink on the front endpaper; hardcover book, slipcase, and Great Ages of Man insert only, no dust jacket or other extras included.
Title: The World of Giotto c. 1267-1337 by Sarel Eimerl and the Editors of Time-Life Books.
Format: Vintage 1967 English-language oversized red and cream hardcover art history volume in matching illustrated slipcase, part of the Time-Life Library of Art series and intended for adult readers interested in Giotto di Bondone, Italian painting, and medieval cultural history.
Content overview: Presents a biographical and critical study of Giotto's life and work, tracing his emergence from rural Tuscany to prominence in Florence and beyond, examining his role in transforming Western painting, and situating his fresco cycles, panel paintings, and architectural achievements within the political and religious context of late thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century Italy.
Chapters and structure: Contents include I. The Conquest of Form, II. The Painter's Craft, III. Ferment in Tuscany, IV. A Boy from the Hills, V. The Masterwork, VI. Strenuous Decades, VII. Giotto the Architect, and VIII. A Time of Affliction, followed by a chronology, bibliography, credits and acknowledgements, and index.
Text and illustration: The volume combines clear narrative essays with numerous black-and-white and full-color reproductions of Giotto's frescoes, altarpieces, and architectural projects, along with maps, details, and comparative images that highlight stylistic innovations, workshop practices, and the artist's influence on contemporaries and successors.
Physical details: Quarter-bound red faux-leather spine with gilt lettering and light-textured cream paper-covered boards, paired with a sturdy cream slipcase featuring a color plate of a Giotto fresco mounted to the front panel; interior pages are printed on quality off-white stock with generous margins and image captions set in a readable serif typeface.
Publication details: Published in 1967 by Time Inc. as part of the Time-Life Library of Art, with simultaneous Canadian publication and school and library distribution by Silver Burdett Company; imprint page notes Library of Congress catalogue card number 67-23024.
Copy-specific notes: Slipcase and outer boards show scattered foxing, age spots, and light surface soil, particularly along the fore-edges and lower areas, while the half-title and a few preliminary pages exhibit noticeable foxing and small stains as shown in photos. A prior owner's name, Lucile Neff, is written in ink at the upper edge of the front endpaper; aside from this, the text pages are clean and firmly bound with no underlining or highlighting visible. Includes the original hardcover volume, matching slipcase, and a Time-Life "Great Ages of Man" promotional insert, which also has some spotting; no dust jacket or additional supplements are present.
MSC193-34
