XVII EUROPEAN EXHIBITION OF ART, SCIENCE AND CULTURE The Portuguese Discoveries and Renaissance Europe. Set of 7 paperback volumes. - Background to the Discoveries (Madre de Deus); - The Avis Dynasty (Casa dos Bicos); - The hand that tore the veil from the West (Belém Tower); - The Discoveries and the Renaissance. Forms of coincidence and culture (Ancient Art I and II); - Portuguese navigations and their consequences for the Renaissance. Art on the route to the Orient (Jerónimos I and II); Lisbon, 1983, In-4º, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Copies with signs of handling, small acid stains, in reasonable condition.

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