PELICAN HISTORY OF ART




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The PELICAN HISTORY OF ART was an ambitious project by Penguin to produce high quality, illustrated hardback books. Begun in the early 1950's, each book was intended to be a work of 'scholarship' and written by a European or American scholar recognized as an oustanding specialist in his subject. It was intended that the 48 volume project would take 12 years. By 1985, some thirty years later, only 44 books had been produced. Another 16 were then planned. The series was edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, who (among other acomplishments) edited the 'King Penguin' series and produced The Buildings of England series for Penguin. The Pelican History of Art books contain about 300 text pages, and have some 300 half-tone illustrations on about 200 pages of plates. 41 volumes were produced by the time Nikolaus Pevsner retired in 1977.

The series aimed to cover the art of every country and at every period of its history. 4 volumes of the series appeared in 1953, the first two being launched in May 1953. Z1, Painting in Britain: 1530-1790 by Ellis Waterhouse; and Z2, The Art and Architecture of India: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain by Benjamin Rowland.

Penguin introduced additional paperback versions from 1966. However, sales gradually dwindled. Nikolaus Pevsner died in 1983 and the project lost its momentum. In the end, 48 volumes were produced. The History series was bought by Yale University Press in 1992.




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Z1	Series No.: Z1 Title: PAINTING IN BRITAIN: 1530 - 1790 Author: Ellis K. Waterhouse Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: May 1953 Pages: 272pp. + 192pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd; plates printed by McLagan and Cumming Ltd Price: 42/-
Z2	Series No.: Z2 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA: HINDU, BUDDHIST, JAIN Author: Benjamin Rowland Illustration: 190 (of 192) pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: May 1953 Pages: 290pp. + 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 42/-
Z3	Series No.: Z3 Title: ARCHITECTURE IN BRITAIN: 1530 - 1830 Author: John Summerson Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1953 Pages: 373pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price: 42/- Second image shown of the Paperback edition Cover illustration: Designed by Gerald Cinamon shows St Pauls, Covent Garden, London by Inigo Jones, 1630-1 Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: first paperback combined in 1970; revised 1983 Pages: 624pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd
Z4	Series No.: Z4 Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE: 1500 - 1700 Author: Anthony Blunt Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1953 Pages: 314pp. + 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd; plates printed by Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 42/-
Z5	Series No.: Z5 Title: PAINTING IN BRITAIN: THE MIDDLE AGES Author: Margaret Rickett Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: September 1954 Pages: 254pp. + 192pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd; plates printed by Lund Humphries and Co Ltd. Price: 42/-
Z6	Series No.: Z6 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF RUSSIA Author: George Heard Hamilton Illustration: 180 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1954 Pages: 320pp. + 180pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd; plates printed by Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 42/-
Z7	Series No.: Z7 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT ORIENT Author: Henri Frankfort Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; folded map attached to inside back cover Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1954 Pages: 280pp. + 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd; plates printed by The Sherval Press Ltd Price: 42/- Second image is of the revised paperback edition (combined text and illustrations)
Z8	Series No.: Z8 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF JAPAN Authors: Robert Treat Paine and Alexander Soper Illustration: 174 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1955 Pages: 316pp. + 174pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd; plates printed by Balding and Mansell Ltd Price: 45/-
Z9	Series No.: Z9 Title: SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN: THE MIDDLE AGES Author: Lawrence Stone Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: June 1955 Pages: 298pp. + 192pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd; plates printed by Lund Humphries and Co Ltd Price: 45/-
Z10	Series No.: Z10 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF CHINA Authors: Laurence Sickman and Alexander Soper Illustration: 190 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: February 1956 (second edition 1960) Pages: 336pp. + 190pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd; plates printed by Hunt, Barnard and Co Ltd Price: 45/-
Z11	Series No.: Z11 Title: GREEK ARCHITECTURE Author: A. W. Lawrence Illustration: 152 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; and maps Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: September 1957 Pages: 328pp. + 152pp. Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd; plates printed by Balding and Mansell Ltd Price: 84/-
Z12	Series No.: Z12 Title: ARCHITECTURE IN BRITAIN: THE MIDDLE AGES Author: Geoffrey Webb Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1956 Pages: 234pp. + 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd Price: 63/-
Z13	Series No.: Z13 Title: CAROLINGIAN AND ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE: 800 - 1200 Author: Kenneth J. Conant Illustration: 176 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: April 1959 Pages: 344pp. + 176pp. Printer: Price: Image shown of the Paperback edition Cover illustration: shows surviving south arm of the major transept of abbey church at Cluny, begun in 1088 Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: first paperback combined in 1974; 1990 reprint shown Pages: 524pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd
Z14	Series No.: Z14 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT EGYPT Author: W. Stevenson Smith Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: May 1958 Pages: 300pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z15	Series No.: Z15 Title: ARCHITECTURE: NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES Author: Henry-Russell Hitchcock Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1958 Pages: 498pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price: 84/- Second image shows the Paperback edition Cover illustration: Designed by Gerald Cinamon Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: first paperback combined in 1971; 1985 reprint shown Pages: 688pp. Printer: Kingsport Press Inc, USA
Z16	Series No.: Z16 Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY: 1600 - 1750 Author: Rudolf Wittkower Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: November 1958 Pages: Printer: Price:
Z17	Series No.: Z17 Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL AND THEIR AMERICAN DOMINIONS: 1500 - 1800 Authors: George Kubler and martin Soria Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: October 1959 Pages: 446pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z18	Series No.: Z18 Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN BELGIUM: 1600 - 1800 Authors: H. Gerson and E. H. ter Kuile Translated: from the Dutch by Oliver Renier Illustration: 160 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: May 1960 Pages: 236pp. + 160pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd; plates printed by Percy Lund Humphries and Co Ltd Price: 63/-
Z19	Series No.: Z19 Title: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE Author: Paul Frankl Translated: from the German by Dieter Pevsner Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: April 1963 Pages: 316pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z20	Series No.: Z20 Title: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IN EUROPE: 1780 - 1880 Author: Fritz Novotny Translated: from the German by R. H. Boothroyd Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: October 1960 Pages: 288pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price: Image shown of the Paperback edition Cover illustration: Designed by Gerald Cinamon shows a detail of Edgar Dega's 'Racehorses' of 1874 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: first paperback combined in 1971; Pages: Printer: Fletcher and Son Ltd Price: £3.00
Z21	Series No.: Z21 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT AMERICA: THE MEXICAN, MAYA AND ANDEAN PEOPLES Author: George Kubler Illustration: 168 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: June 1962 Pages: 396pp. + 168pp. Printer: Price:
Z22	Series No.: Z22 Title: BAROQUE ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN CENTRAL EUROPE: GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND, HUNGARY, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE: SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES. ARCHITECTURE: SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES Author: Eberhard Hempel Translated: from the German by Elisabeth Hempel and Marguerite Kay Illustration: 200 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; and maps Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: June 1965 Pages: 370pp. + 200pp. Printer: Price:
Z23	Series No.: Z23 Title: SCULPTURE IN BRITAIN: 1530 - 1830 Author: Margaret Whinney Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: June 1964 Pages: Printer: Price: Image shown of the Paperback edition Revised: by John Physick Cover illustration: Designed by Gerald Cinamon shows John Bushnell's monument of Lady May, 1676 Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: first paperback combined in 1988; Pages: 526pp. Printer: Butler and Tanner Ltd Price: £18.95
Z24	Series No.: Z24 Title: EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE Author: Richard Krautheimer Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates; and maps Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: October 1965 Pages: 390pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z25	Series No.: Z25 Title: SCULPTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND SPAIN 1400 - 1500 Author: Theodor Müller Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: October 1966 Pages: 264pp. + 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd; plates printed by Balding and Mansell Ltd Price:
Z26	Series No.: Z26 Title: SCULPTURE IN ITALY 1400 - 1500 Author: Charles Seymour Jnr Illustration: 160 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: July 1966 Pages: 296pp. + 160pp. Printer: Price:
Z27	Series No.: Z27 Title: DUTCH ART AND ARCHITECTURE: 1600 - 1800 Authors: Jakob Rosenberg, Seymour Slive and E. H. ter Kuile Illustration: 208 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: July 1966 Pages: 330pp. + 208pp. Printer: Price: Image shown of the Paperback edition Cover illustration: Designed by Gerald Cinamon shows a detail of Rembrandt's 'The Jewish Bride' of c. 1666 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: first paperback combined in 1972; Pages: 504pp. Printer: made in USA Price: £3.00
Z28	Series No.: Z28 Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY 1250 - 1400 Author: John White Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: October 1966 Pages: Printer: Price:
Z29	Series No.: Z29 Title: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IN EUROPE: 1880 - 1940 Author: George Heard Hamilton Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Cover illustrations: show 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch (front) and the 'Seated Woman' by Pablo Picasso, 1923 (Tate Gallery, London) Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner; Assistant Editor - Judy Nairn Date Published: May 1967 Pages: 444pp. + 192pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd; plates printed by Balding and Mansell Ltd Price:
Z30	Series No.: Z30 Title: PREHISTORIC ART IN EUROPE Author: Nancy Katharine Sandars Illustration: 304 sets of black-and-white photographic plates Cover illustration: shows 'The Bouray God', Seine-et-Oise, France, first century BC Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: June 1968 Pages: 350pp. + pp Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd; plates printed by Balding and Mansell Price:
Z31	Series No.: Z31 Title: PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IN GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS: 1500 - 1600 Authors: Gert von der Osten and Horst Vey Translated: from the German by Mary Hoffinger Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: July 1969 Pages: 404pp. Printer: Price:
Z32	Series No.: Z32 Title: ETRUSCAN AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE Authors: Axel Boethius and J. B. Ward-Perkins Illustration: 184 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1970 Pages: 622pp. + 184pp. Printer: Price:
Z33	Series No.: Z33 Title: EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ART Author: John Beckwith Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1970 Pages: 212pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z34	Series No.: Z34 Title: PAINTING IN EUROPE: 800 - 1200 Author: C. R. Dodwell Illustration: 240 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1971 Pages: 262pp. + 240pp. Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd; plates printed by Balding and Mansell Ltd Price:
Z35	Series No.: Z35 Title: PAINTING IN ITALY 1500 - 1600 Author: S. J. Freedberg Illustration: 300 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1971 Pages: 554pp. + 300pp. Printer: Price:
Z36	Series No.: Z36 Title: ARS SACRA 800 - 1200 Author: Peter Lasko Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1972 Pages: 338pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z37	Series No.: Z37 Title: ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY IN FRANCE Author: Wend Graf Kalnein and Michal Levy Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1972 Pages: 444pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z38	Series No.: Z38 Title: ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY 1400 - 1600 Author: Ludwig H. Heydenreich Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1974 Pages: 432pp. + Printer: Price:
Z39	Series No.: Z39 Title: ROMAN ART Author: Donald Strong Illustration: 160 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1976 Pages: 200pp. + 160pp. Printer: Price: Image shown of the Paperback edition Revised: by Roger Ling; prepared for press by J. M. C. Taylor Cover illustration: shows Bull detail of mosaic from villa near Piazza, Sicily, fourth century AD Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: second Revision 1988; Pages: 412pp. Printer: Richard Clay and Co Ltd
Z40	Series No.: Z40 Title: AMERICAN ART Author: John Wilmerding Illustration: 192 pages of black-and-white photographic plates Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner Date Published: 1976 Pages: 322pp. + 192pp. Printer: Price:
Z42	Series No.: Z42 Title: THE ARTS IN PREHISTORIC GREECE Author: Sinlair Hood Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: 1978 Pages: 312 Printer: Price:
Z43	Series No.: Z43 Title: ETRUSCAN ART Author: Otto J. Brendel Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: 1978 Pages: Printer: 508pp. Price:
Z44	Series No.: Z44 Title: ETRUSCAN AND EARLY ROMAN ARCHITECTURE Author: Alex Boethius Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: 1978 Pages: 264pp. Printer: Price: Previously published as Part One of 'Etruscan and Roman Architecture'
Z45	Series No.: Z45 Title: ROMAN IMPERIAL ARCHITECTURE Author: J. B. Ward-Perkins Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: 1981 Pages: 523 Printer: Price: Previously published as Parts 2-4 of 'Etruscan and Roman Architecture'
Z49	Series No.: Z49 Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF INDIAN SUBCONTINENT Author: J. C. Harle Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: 1986 Pages: 600pp. Printer: Price:
Z59	Series No.: Z59 ? Title: THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ISLAM Author: Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar Joint Series Editors: Peter Lasko and Judy Nairn Date Published: 1987 Pages: 448pp. Printer: Price:

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