Songofsnow Books, Art & Photo

A fascinating oversized soft cover book. The first half of the book presents images of pieces acquired for various museums in Belgium. from :

• a jewel encrusted Coffre a Chartres XIII siecle, style roman, ecole de Paris
• a 10th century Plate by Nichapour
• a tryptic from the 16th century entitled Maitre de L'adoration de Groote
• various etching, paintings and other pieces of art, sculpture, furniture, silver work from a broad representation of periods

The first 104 pages of this catalog are devoted to displaying these pieces. Images in black and white and color.

From page 105 to 247 are devoted to essays and reports in French and German on various museums and their activities during 1960-1961, also illustrated. Fascinating reports on exhibitions held and renovations and acquisitions in particular.

CONDITION: USED with moderate wear especially to cover and edges. 247 pages. 1961. Text is in French and German.