European History

Inverting rules with obvious relish, Florentine artist Piero di Cosimo (1462-1522) is known today-as he was in his own time-for his highly personal visual language, one capable of generating images...

This is the first full-scale study of the artist, his career and his key contribution to the 17th century Bolognese school of painting. Beginning with an account of Albani's life...

Author: Friedrich GontardBinding: HardbackPublished: Barrie and Rockliff, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book The Popes presents a sweeping historical account of the papacy, tracing its origins and evolution...

Author: Joan M. FraynBinding: HardbackPublished: Centaur Press, Fontwell, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some foxing on DJThis scholarly work, Subsistence Farming In Roman Italy, meticulously...

Author: Robert E. A. PalmerBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some markings on dust jacket and tape residue markings on FEP....

Author: Gene Adam BruckerBinding: HardbackPublished: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: General wear on external dust cover; pages in very good conditionThis scholarly work chronicles...

Author: T. Francis BumpusBinding: HardbackPublished: J. Pott and Co.; T. Werner Laurie, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markings'The Cathedrals...

Author: E. V. LucasBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn, faded and...

Author: Pierre GrimalBinding: HardbackPublished: Evans Brothers Limited, 1964Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerIn In Search Of Ancient Italy, Pierre Grimal...

The book titled Palazzi of Tuscany by the author Massimo Listri. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Werner BergengruenBinding: HardbackPublished: Burns & Oates; Herder and Herder, 1969Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: General wear and browning on external dust cover, pages in...

Author: David Knowles And J. K. S. St JosephBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis work presents...

In the Lives of Images , Peter Mason examines four striking case studies involving the production and transmission of visual images of non-European peoples. Beginning with what has been taken...

Author: Molly LefebureBinding: HardbackPublished: VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCumberland Heritage chronicles the rich tapestry of life and landscape in a...

The Invention of Paris is a tour through the streets and history of the French capital under the guidance of radical Parisian author and publisher Eric Hazan. Hazan reveals a...

Author: Peter BondanellaBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of North Carolina Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor creasing on external dust jacketThis scholarly work chronicles the profound and...

Author: N.H.H. SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Paladin, 1984Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The World The Romans Knew, chronicles the vast geographical and cultural landscape as perceived by the...

Author: John RuskinBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen, 1893Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Rebound copy. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges....

This treasure from the 1960s celebrates Paris through spectacular architectural drawings.

Florence has for centuries attracted writers, bewitched by the beauty of its surroundings, the quality of its light, and the treasures it houses in its palaces, churches and museums. These...

A study of the life and work of the painter Simone Martini (c.1284-1344) who was well-respected during his life-time but subsequently was considered less important than Giotto and his followers....

Intended by medieval builders to be the greatest of the High Gothic cathedrals, Saint-Pierre Beauvais has achieved notoriety among historians because it was indeed the tallest structure of its kind...

A travel book which aims both to convey what it is like to live in Tuscany from the viewpoint of an Englishman who has made it his home for more...

Part of a series providing comprehensive coverage of the life and works of great composers, this revised edition focuses on Giuseppe Verdi and is suitable for musicians, students and the...

After the great fire of 1666, a new London thrust out from the old confines of the city and the narrow precinct of Westminster. The rich were eager to escape...

In this first modern history of St James's Palace, the authors shed new light on a remarkable building that, despite serving as the official residence of the British monarchy from...

This is the second of a three-volume set of the complete Sangallo workshop drawing collection housed at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) and his...

This is the story of Richard Temple - prisoner of war, sometime adventurer, lover and artist - told with insight, empathy and drama by one of the world's master storytellers....

Author: E. H. GombrichBinding: HardbackPublished: PHAIDON, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly collection of essays by a distinguished art historian illuminates the profound connections between...

Author: E.H. GombrichBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon Press, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerNorm And Form: Studies In The Art Of The Renaissance With 186 Illustrations presents a...

Considered internationally as one of the most beautiful avenue in the world, Paris's Champs-Elysees, extending from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe, has been the center...

One of the best known figures from Roman history, Nero (r. AD 54-68) is most often characterised as a tyrannical and ineffectual ruler, who fiddled while Rome burnt. Such a...

Country house visiting is one of Britain's favorite leisure activities. For more than five centuries, historic buildings have opened their doors, inviting the tourist to step inside. Elizabethans strolled around...

French Essence is a celebration of life in Provence, one of the most charming regions of France. Vicki Archer reveals the underpinnings of that famous French ambience and sense of...

On the first morning of Rome's Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was...

A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than 9 million visitors trek to view her portrait in the...

Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), known as Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all old master painters. His views of Venice and London are much celebrated and admired. First...

Spain is a land of arid mountains and plains of red earth, of fertile farmland, shaded avenues and citrus groves. Charlie Waite has captured the essence and variety of Spain...

When the brilliant classical architect Charles Barry won the competition to build a new, Gothic, Houses of Parliament in London he thought it was the chance of a lifetime. It...

Prize-winning author Adam Nicolson tells the story he was born to write - the real story of England. It is the gentry that has made England what it was and,...

A delightful novella from the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance Thirty-three-year-old Bill Fitzgerald is an acclaimed American television foreign correspondent. War-weary and exhausted after a long stint...

Turn your home into a chic French brasserie with help from France's acclaimed La Nouvelle Garde. With a menu for each day of the week broken into breakfast and dinner...

Chesnok: Recipes with Love from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Beyond is Polina Chesnakova's third cookbook, a love letter to the food of her childhood. Born in Ukraine to Russian...

The author presents a survey of over 30 Swedish designers, from glass and textile designers to ceramic artists and furniture makers, which provides an insight into Scandanavian design philosophies. The...