Description
Instituicao Larragoiti, Published 1952. Hardcover, 296 pp.; 32 cm; text in Portuguese; numbered limited edition (Exemplar No. 4472 of 4,500 copies); illustrated with color plates and black-and-white photographs.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, "Volume 1" lettered at spine; some color loss, mild overall shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Interior bright, light toning to pages and edges, otherwise unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket reproduces a color photograph of a Brazilian indigenous ceramic figure; rear flap nearly detached, repaired on verso with clear plastic tape; front flap with a one-inch closed tear along the fore-edge fold and several smaller nicks and tears along edges; crease lines down center of front and rear panels; moderate overall soiling, spotting, and toning. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Volume I of a comprehensive survey of the plastic arts in Brazil, conceived and directed by Rodrigo M. F. de Andrade under the auspices of the Instituicao Larragoiti (Professor Leonidio Ribeiro). Contributions by Frederico Barata, Gastao Cruls, Reinaldo dos Santos, J. Wasth Rodrigues, and Francisco Marques dos Santos, among others. One of a numbered edition of 4,500 copies. Contents: Nota preliminar; Arqueologia; Arte indigena; Artes populares; Antecedentes portugueses e exoticos; Mobiliario; Ourivesaria; Louca e porcelana.