Watch List notes:

Mikhail B. Piotrovsky, editor. The State Hermitage: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection. (Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, 1994). 1st Edition, green hardcover with gilt lettering on spine and green design glossy dust jackets, contained in a similarly designed slipcase. Volume 1: 692 pages, 27 black and white and 663 full color plates. Volume 2: 879 pages, 780 full-color plates. Includes: Art of the early cultures, classical antiquities, oriental works of art, coins and medals, arms and armor, Western European art, Russian art and culture. A massive compendium with stunning color plates in each volume. Offered together with: Greeks on the Black Sea: Ancient Art from the Hermitage. Anna A. Tromifova, editor. Getty Museum, 2007. 384 pages, 250+ color photographs and illustrations. A catalog of an exhibition at the Getty Villa in 2007. A like-new example. THREE VOLUMES TOTAL IN LOT. New condition.


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