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Lot #710:

''Comprehensive History of Art'' -- 1,200 Plates Covering African, European and Asian Art -- 1925 -- Six Volumes in German

''Comprehensive History of Art.'' Berlin: Propylaen-Verlag: 1925-29. Text in German. Six volumes. Each book measures 7.5'' x 10.5'' and averages 575pp. More than 1,200 color and black and white plates covering Eastern and Western art history. Includes: ''Art of the Ancient Orient''; ''Art of the Middle Ages''; ''Art of India, China and Japan''; ''17th Century Dutch Painters''; ''20th Century Art'', etc. Black and green gilded boards rubbed and lightly scuffed at extremities. A few loose plates and light edge toning, otherwise very good.