The Folio Society Book of the Greatest 100 Paintings - Edited by Martin Bailey.
Each artist's details and commentary on the paintings occurs on the left-hand side and opposite is a reproduction in colour of the artwork under discussion. At the back of the book there are artists' biographies, index of collections. The works range from 1285 through 2 1937. The paintings are reproduced in chronological order. They emphasise the high points in the historical development of Western painting