Master of shadows : the secret diplomatic career of the painter Peter Paul Rubens
2009, First Edition. New York: Talese/Doubleday. An exceptional copy with illustrated end-papers; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages; Description: xvi, 316 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: Rubens, Peter Paul, -- 1577-1640. Painters -- Belgium -- Biography. Diplomats -- Belgium -- Biography. Summary: The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers. Item #180726
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