Phillipe Jullian — The Orientalists

Oxford, Phaidon, 1977. Cloth. The first translated edition of a compelling art history into European artists depicting the Orient, the first worldwide study on the subject, in the scarce original slipcase. The Orientalists: European Painters of Eastern Scenes, the first translated edition of the original French by prominent art historian and illustrator Phillipe Jullian, translated by Helga and Dinah Harrison. Published by the Phaidon Press in 1977, first published the same year by Office du Livre.In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, with original scarce slipcase and brown parcel wrapper. Contains both colour and monochrome illustrations throughout, both in-text and those of full-pages. transformed European perceptions of the region as an exotic and mysterious land filled with sensual pleasures. Figures of the romantic movement, such as Bryon, travelled to the region and transformed European perceptions of the region as an exotic and mysterious land filled with sensual pleasures. This is the first worldwide study to explore this little-known area of art in history. In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, with original scarce slipcase and brown parcel wrapper. Externally, very smart, with a couple of small faint marks to boards. Dust wrapper is bright and clean, with minimal fading to wrapper spine and fly leaves. Smudging and the odd sign of browning to slipcase, mostly to the extremities, with slight fading to slipcase spine and a couple of minor chips to slipcase edges. Brown parcel paper is fine. End papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine/Fine.