The Lady and the Unicorn - 1st Edition/1st Printing
de Chevalier, Tracy
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- As New in As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525947671
- ISBN 13
- 9780525947677
- Librería
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Dutton/Plume. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525947671 . An impeccable first US edition/first printing in As New/As New condition, SIGNED by author Tracy Chevalier directly on the free front end paper. An outstanding collectible copy of this wonderful piece of literature; The bewitching medieval Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hang today in a protected chamber in the Cluny Museum in Paris. They seem to portray an elegant lady's seduction of a unicorn, but little is known about the tapestries except that they were woven toward the end of the fifteenth century and bear the coat of arms of a wealthy family from Lyons; 8vo; Signed by Author .
Sinopsis
A tour de force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevalier’s answer to the mystery behind one of the art world’s great masterpieces—a set of bewitching medieval tapestries that hangs today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. They appear to portray the seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown—until now. Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house—mother and daughter, servant, and lady-in-waiting—before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. There, master weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has to finish the tapestries—his finest, most intricate work—on time for his exacting French client. The results change all their lives—lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look. In The Lady and the Unicorn , Tracy Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry—an extraordinary story exquisitely told.
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- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 10951
- Título
- The Lady and the Unicorn - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Autor
- Chevalier, Tracy
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo As New in As New dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525947671
- ISBN 13
- 9780525947677
- Editorial
- Dutton/Plume
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Palabras clave
- Movie Movies Belgium Fiction Paris France Historic
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Author Collections / Chevalier, Tracy;
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