Giovanni Paccagnini — Pisanello

London, Phaidon Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this richly illustrated biography of the distinguished painter Pisanello, with the original cardboard slipcase. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and the original cardboard slipcase. Illustrated with 20 colour plates and 260 black-and-white plates. Collated, complete. A copiously illustrated biography of Pisanello, one of the most eminent painters of the early Italian Renaissance and Quattrocento. This work, which includes an account of the search for Sala del Pisanello in the Ducal Palace, was written by Giovanni Paccagnini, an Italian expert on Gothic and Early Renaissance art. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper and the original cardboard slipcase. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition. A little fading to the slipcase. Two closed tears to one side of the opening of the slipcase. Fine . Ill.: Pisanello [Antonio Pisano]. Fine/Fine.