Faber and Faber Limited, 1950. String bound large softcover of The Faber Gallery of Oriental Art: Byzantine Painting with an introduction and notes by Gervase Matthew. Printed in Great Britain. 24 pages.

Includes 10 color plates pasted to the pages by their left edge with detailed exhibition notes for each plate.

"The illustrations have been chosen for two reasons. First they are with one exception relatively unknown and for the most part unpublished. Secondly they represent three tendencies in Byzantine painting...the attempted reproduction of the antique, the close interrelation of many Byzantine and Islamic art motifs, and the attempt to achieve fresh expressions of dramatic tension by experiments in composition."

Good condition. Shelf wear to the covers edges. Interior pages clean and crisp. A well preserved softcover with beautiful color plates.