FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAP. WITH MORE THAN 300 ILLUSTRATIONS AND A DETAILED PRESENTAION OF THE HISTORY OF PAINTING ARCHITECTURE LITERATURE AND MUSIC THIS VOLUME PRESENTSONE OF THE RICHEST AND MOST INSPIRING PERIODS OF OUR CULTURAL HISTORY. IT OFFERS THE READER AN EXCURSION THROUGH THE DIVERSE PLEASURES OF A TRULY EUROPEAN CAPITAL: BELLE EPOQUE BRUSSELS.
NEAR FINE COPY IN LAMINATED BOARDS. CONTRIBUTORS: KNUT HELLE MARCO TREBBI AND HALFDAN WIBERG. EDITING AND TEXT TO PHOTOGRAPHS: ESPEN BOWITZ ANDERSSON. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
FOURTH RE-ISSUE SMALL FOLIO FINELY REBOUND IN BROWN CLOTH RED AND GILT LABEL NEW ENDPAPERS. BOOKPLATE OF G. R. VANE (YOUNGER SON OF THE 10TH BARON BARNARD OF BARNARD CASTLE) WITH AN INSCRIPTION TO VANE FROM HIS ETON TUTOR DATED 1944. WITH 47 PLATES BY AUSTIN-LEIGH.
QUARTO THIN PRINTED BOARDS CORNERS SLIGHTLY RUBBED NEATLY REBACKED IN LEATHER-CLOTH pp 22 WITH 13 PLATES OF VIEWS ELEVATIONS BY ANTHONY SALVIN SOME LIGHT SPOTTING BUT VERY GOOD. FROM THE LIBRARY OF DR ARTHUR RAISTRICK WITH HIS BOOKPLATE AND SIGNATURE. SCARCE.
LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SMALL FOLIO RED CLOTH A SERIES OF 50 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES BY FLETCHER. WITH OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY ILLUSTRATIONS. FRONTISPEICE OF ‘CLOTH FAIR’ IS SIGNED FLETCHER AS IS THE REVERSE OF THE HALF TITLE. THE BOOK IS A PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY FLETCHER PRINTED AT THE ALCUIN PRESS. ALSO SIGNED BY RUTTER FLETCHER PRESUMABLY A RELATIVE. THE DRAWINGS WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES AND APPEAR IN BOOK FORM HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOLIO IN RED CLOTH WITH DAMP STAINING TO THE FRONT BOARD AND THE FRONT PASTEDOWN – OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.
