Treasures of World Art by Nicholas Fry

Treasures of World Art (Illustrated Hamlyn Art History Survey in Dust Jacket)

A Lavishly Illustrated Survey of World Art from Prehistory to the Twentieth Century

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Treasures of World Art
• Author: Nicholas Fry
• Publisher: Hamlyn, London
• Publication Date: 1975
• ISBN-10: 0600387224
• Binding: Publisher's blue cloth boards with a printed, illustrated dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large illustrated quarto-size volume, 224 pages. With numerous black and white and colour illustrations.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The blue cloth boards are clean, with tidy corners. A tiny bump or mark is visible at the lower fore-corner of the front board. The blue cloth spine is straight.
• Interior: The pages are clean and cream, with no foxing, marks or writing in the sections examined. The binding is tight and the text block is square.
• The Dust Jacket: Present. The glossy illustrated jacket shows slight rubbing to the spine, a small nick or wear at the head of the spine, and a small light mark at the upper right of the front panel near the statue. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Published in London by Hamlyn in 1975, Treasures of World Art is a large, generously illustrated survey of art history. Nicholas Fry takes the reader from prehistoric imagery and the ancient world through the medieval period, the Renaissance, the Baroque and the nineteenth century, and on to modern art.

The survey is not confined to Europe: it also covers the art of the ancient Americas and of Asia, placing Western traditions in a wider global context. Colour and black and white illustrations accompany the text throughout.

A handsome, heavy volume in its illustrated jacket, it suits readers and collectors of art books who want a broad, picture-led introduction to the story of art.

Author Profile: Nicholas Fry

Nicholas Fry, born in 1942, was an author and translator. He translated Luis Buñuel's screenplay Tristana into English, published by Simon and Schuster in 1971, and also translated Great Maritime Routes: An Illustrated History.

He contributed to The Waking Dream (Thames and Hudson, 1975), alongside Edward Lucie-Smith and Aline Jacquiot.

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