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[ART]. [MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (1475-1564), artist]. HARTT, Frederick (1914-1991). The Sistine Chapel… Commentary on the Plates by Gianluigi Colalucci. Note on the Restoration by Fabrizio Mancinelli. Photographs by Takashi Okamura. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Folios. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photos, some folding. 2 volumes. Publisher's full beige buckram, front boards stamped in gilt, spines with 2 burgundy gilt morocco labels, publisher's matching cloth slipcase with pictorial label on each side and 2 burgundy gilt morocco labels on spine (slipcase lightly bumped). Fine. FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION, #307/2,500 COPIES. This massive set is perhaps the best modern book featuring the artwork of the Sistine Chapel.