Brilliant Beginnings: The Youthful Works of Great Artists, Writers and Composers
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 2000. Hardcover. 4to. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #002886
Translated from the French by John Goodman. 231 p.p. Copiously illustrated with 372 illustrations, 327 colour plates. Light blue paper boards with white lettering to spine and front board. Tail edge of boards bumped, a few spots of soiling to foot of boards, light rubbing to corners. Dust jacket has some light wear to corners and spine ends. This book presents the early work of eighty-four remarkable people, from the great fifteenth-century book illuminator Pol de Limbourg to the Holocaust diarist Anne Frank. Here the reader will find, reproduced in splendid colour, a treasure trove of creative work, including paintings, drawings, letters, essays, and musical compositions. Other figures covered include Michaelangelo, Marie Antoinette, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Austen, Honore de Balzac, Franz Liszt, Louis Pasteur, Georges Bizet, Claude Monet, Marcel Proust, Saint Theresa, and Pablo Picasso.
Price: $60.00