Byron (Robert).- Pope-Hennessy (John) Giovanni di Paolo 1403-1483, Robert Byron's copy with his pencil markings and notes on rear pastedown, original buckram-backed boards, rubbed, spine faded, corners worn, 1937; and a bundle of others, mostly relating to Byron, comprising odd issues and extracts from periodicals containing articles by Byron on Russia, Persia, and China in Country Life, 2 copies of The Architectural Review No.426 of May 1932 containing 'The Russian Scene' with 'Part I: The Foundations' and another on Broadcasting House, and a few offprints on Persian art by A.Upham Pope and Phyllis Ackerman, 4to & folio (a box)
⁂ Robert Byron (1905-41), travel writer and art historian. In 1933-34 Byron travelled through Persia, Afghanistan and India studying the architecture of the regions, resulting in his most famous book The Road to Oxiana, published in 1937. He also travelled in and wrote books on Greece and Byzantine art, China, Russia, India and Tibet.
Robert Byron - see also lot 170
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