LA DOCUMENTATION FRANÇAISE. - Lot 168

LA DOCUMENTATION FRANÇAISE. The Italian Renaissance. Documentation Photographique, special edition, dossier no. 55-08. Paris, La Documentation française (Published by the Office of the Prime Minister), 1958. Quarto, loose-leaf format in the publisher’s illustrated folder. A comprehensive documentary dossier devoted to the Italian Renaissance, published in the renowned *Documentation Photographique* series. Intended for teaching and the dissemination of historical and artistic knowledge, it combines a summary booklet with a substantial collection of photographic plates reproducing the major masterpieces of the Renaissance from the 15th and 16th centuries. The work presents the leading figures of Italian art—Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Giorgione, Veronese, and their contemporaries—as well as the major artistic centers of Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan, and Urbino. The meticulously curated illustrations feature sculptures, paintings, frescoes, drawings, monuments, and architectural details, accompanied by historical notes tracing the emergence of humanism, the patronage of Italian princes, and the artistic renewal of the period. A complete copy with its cover and plates. The cover shows some slight signs of wear; the interior is in good condition. Sold as is.