Principles of Art History: The Problem of the Development of Style in Later Art (1st American edition)

$275.00

First edition in English of Swiss art historian and educator Heinrich Wolfflin’s pioneering and highly influential text of formalist art history and comparative analysis, first published in Munich in 1915. Translated by M.A. Hottinger, based on the seventh German edition of 1929, and printed in Great Britain by R & R Clarke. This edition published in 1932 by Henry Holt and Company in New York. Hardcover, 4to, 237 pages with 125 b/w plates. Surprisingly uncommon, and not to be confused with later Dover reprints. Lacking a dust jacket, if issued. Fraying to spine ends and corners; light rubbing to boards. Mild damp staining to top edge of front board; light rippling to top edge of textblock.

First edition in English of Swiss art historian and educator Heinrich Wolfflin’s pioneering and highly influential text of formalist art history and comparative analysis, first published in Munich in 1915. Translated by M.A. Hottinger, based on the seventh German edition of 1929, and printed in Great Britain by R & R Clarke. This edition published in 1932 by Henry Holt and Company in New York. Hardcover, 4to, 237 pages with 125 b/w plates. Surprisingly uncommon, and not to be confused with later Dover reprints. Lacking a dust jacket, if issued. Fraying to spine ends and corners; light rubbing to boards. Mild damp staining to top edge of front board; light rippling to top edge of textblock.