HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES AND ENGLAND'S LOST RENAISSANCE.
Pp. 264, 48 plates within pagination, appendix, notes, index; med. 8vo; light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges sightly rubbed and split, the backstrip a trifle faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; Thames and Hudson, London, 1986. First edition. *Biography of Henry Frederick Pricne of Wales (1594-1612), the eldest son and heir apparent of James I. 'He formed the first royal collection of works of art, re-established the royal library, imported the first Renaissance bronzes (by Giovanni Bologna) into England, and purchased antique gems and medals' [wrapper blurb]. Item #182627
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