A fine clean copy of Apollo ~ Vol.CXXVIII ~ No. 317, published in July 1988. Contents include scholarly articles on "Carpet and Wall-Painting Design in Persia : An Armenian-inscribed "Polonaise" Carpet", by Marian Wenzel ~ "Wilhelm Schmidt : The Last Neo-Classical Gem Engraver", by Gertrud Seidmann ~ "Matthew Boulton's Sidereal Clock", by Nicholas Goodison ~ "Politics in Miniature : Adriaen van de Venne's Album", by Martin Royalton-Kisch ~ "Rome in Peril : Restoring the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius", by Nigel Spivey ~ "Reflections on a Dilemma", by Stephen McKenna ~ "The Art Market : Saleroom Practice", by Gertrude Prescott Nuding ~ "The Apollo Portrait : Lubor Hajek", by Hans van der Meyden ~ "Brazening it out in Golden Gate Park", by Charles Avery, and "Out-takes from the Earl of Exeter's Grand Tour", by Agnes Arkwright, plus regular monthly features. Soft covers.
