Item #153073 The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*. Mario Praz, Angus Davidson.
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*
The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*

The House of Life *NOT A PRINT-ON-DEMAND COPY*

New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. Crimson and cream dragon decorated paper boards with crimson cloth spine, gilt letters and decoration on spine, bronze & illus. dust jacket, 360 pp., 8 BW plates, 4 folding color plates. VG- with pristine text block and only a bit of wear to corners; former owner's name in marker on ffep (European art curator at major museum); DJ worn and with 2 pieces missing - lower spine; very top edge of front - but now in Brodart cover. Item #153073

A classic by Italian-born art critic Mario Praz (1896-1982), translated by Angus Davidson. Said to be an autobiography. "In form, it is a description, room by room, object by object, of the ancient flat in the Via Giulia in Rome where Mario Praz has lived for thirty years. In effect, it becomes an intellectual and spiritual autobiography; for as he conducts the reader through the apartment, Praz recites the events of his life associated with the rooms and the furnishings he has so lovingly collected over the years. ... There has never been an autobiography written in this way. ... This is the story of the life of a connoisseur of art and of literature, serious but not solemn, erudite but very human." (dj) The binding is lovely!

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