Secular Goldsmith's Work in Medieval France [History] - 1978

R. W. Lightbown - Secular Goldsmith's Work in Medieval France: A History - London, The Society of Antiquaries of London/Thames and Hudson, 1978 - 1r edition - frontispiece+XIV+136p.+LXXX plates - Hardcover: linen binding with gold-printed spine, with original, polychrome dust jacket - 22x27.70cm - Very good copy: bookstore label on the back endpaper; small tear in the dust jacket at the top right corner (see photo/taped), minimal signs of use.

•      Ronald Lightbown (1932–2021) was a noted British art historian and curator, specializing in Renaissance art. He wrote large monographs on the painters Sandro Botticelli and Carlo Crivelli. After a degree from the University of Cambridge, between 1958 and his retirement in 1989 he worked at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, rising to be the Keeper of its library and then as Keeper of Metalwork.

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