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BEURDELEY, Cécile. L’Amour Bleu. New York: Rizzoli, (1978). Folio, original blue cloth, original dust jacket.
First edition in English of this profusely illustrated history of male homosexuality as seen by artists and writers through the ages.
Art historian Cécile Beurdeley presents a richly illustrated history in L’Amour Bleu that chronicles representations of male homosexuality in art and literature, from Greek and Roman times through the Renaissance to the 20th century. With 290 illustrations, 40 in color (many full page). Preceded the same year by the first French edition and by the 1977 German edition; translated into English by Michael Taylor.
Interior quite fresh, lightest soiling to original cloth; minor dampstaining and soiling to bright price-clipped dust jacket.
Format: Hardcover
This hefty coffee table tome traces the history of what Oscar Wilde termed, \"the love that dare not speak its name\" as it relates to the history of civilization. The beautiful examples of art and literature coupled with historical data make this a great read as well as a great reference volume for anyone\'s bookshelf.
Cecile Beurdeley / L\'AMOUR BLEU 1978.
