Product Description
A scarce collection of illustrative essays on a monument considered to be an architectural masterpiece since its Medieval origins, with numerous colour plates.
The scarce first edition of The Church of the Hagia Sophia, a collection of illustrative essays on the iconic monument, edited by English archaeologist and Byzantine art historian David Talbot Rice, often nicknamed 'The Gentleman Academic'.
Published by Edinburgh University Press in 1968.
In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
Contains a colour frontispiece, as well as all twelve other colour plates, all eighty monochrome plates to the rear, as well as numerous in-text illustrations.
A folding plate of the mosaic floor is tucked into rear pastedown sleeve.
Collated complete.
With the current structure built during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the sixth century, the Hagia Sophia has shifted between church and mosque throughout its turbulent history yet has always remained an architectural masterpiece.
Rice and fellow art-historian Seline Ballance first delve into the architecture, before exploring the various artwork inside, including excavations, sculptures, iconography, wall paintings, the mosaic floor and other decorations.
In the publisher's original cloth, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
Externally, in near excellent condition, with very minor bumping to the bottom extremities.
Dust wrapper is mostly bright and clean, with the occasional smudge mark and minor edgewear.
Decorative end papers are bright and clean.
Smudge mark to top left corner of verso of front free end paper.
Internally, firmly bound.
Pages are bright and clean.
Near Fine
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