Contardi, Bruno and Giulio Carlo Argan — Michelangelo: Architect

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1993. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. First English edition, written by Giulo Carlo Argan, and Bruno Contardi provided the history, chronology and documentation for the relevant works in individual entries following each chapter essay. Photographs by Gabriele Basilico. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white and full-color illustrations, bound in a tall, heavy quarto format. 388 pp., bound handsomely in the publisher's original black cloth. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Housed in a heavy, moderately worn slipcase, paper, illustrated, over cardboard. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [5], 6-388 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,