Description
Museo Taurino de Arte de Lima, Lima, Published date: 1966. Hardcover, cloth; xi, 155 pp, plus 18 unnumbered pages of plates; 27 cm. First edition. Illustrated throughout with black and white reproductions and some color plates.
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Condition & notes
In good condition, with good dust jacket. Light grey cloth boards with gilt pictorial device on the front cover and gilt lettering on spine; light shelf wear and mild toning. Binding sound. Light toning to endpapers; otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 2" tear to the paper over the top edge of the rear cover near the spine and some smaller chips and tears and light creasing creasing; moderate toning, and scuffing, most noticeable at spine ends and corners. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Museum catalog documenting the collection of the Museo Taurino de Arte de Lima, surveying artistic representations of bullfighting in Spain and Peru, including paintings, prints, drawings, and related graphic works, together with historical commentary and a catalog of the museum's specialized taurine library. Contents include: Lista de ilustraciones; Introduccion al Texto General; Escenas Taurinas; Tauromaquia Peruana; Las Plazas de Toros; Vistas panoramicas de Ciudades con Plazas de Toros; Los Toreros; Los Toros Celebres; Goya; Las Series; Las Estampas Sueltas; Anecdotario Taurino y Carteles; Jose Elbo; Biblioteca.