TWO CATALOGUES BOUND TOGETHER. ‘ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF A LOAN COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS’ BY REYNOLDS ROMNEY GAINSBOROUGH HOPPNER RAEBURN AND OTHER ARTISTS. CATALOGUE 1 DATED 1900 73 PAGES. CATALOGUE 2 DATED 1903 79 PAGES. BOUND IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN ATTRACTIVE GREEN BUCKRAM. ABOUT 100 ILLUSTRATIONS TISSUE GUARDS. VERY GOOD. SCARCE.
VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL RED BOARDS WITH A HANDSOME NEW SPINE GOLD EMBOSSED TITLE ON FRONT COVER. FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME CONTAINING 400 HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT PERIODS SEVENTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO BOUND IN HALF GREEN LEATHER (FADED TO THE SPINE) NEW END PAPERS 192 PAGES 38 PLATES HENCE THE FIRST FIVE OF THE ORIGINAL SIX PARTS. LACKS ORIGINAL TITLE PAGE. THE TEXT AND PLATES ARE CLEAN. AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF A SCARCE BOOK.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER BY ANDREWS OF DURHAM WITH ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. ALL EDGES GILT. FIRST PLATE HEAVILY FOXED BUT THE REST GOOD (SOME SPOTTED FOXING TO EDGES OF SOME PLATES). TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO 12 MOUNTED WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY RICHARD SHIRLEY SMITH EACH SIGNED AND DATED LIMITED TO 100 COPIES THESE BEING NUMBER 20. PLUS A PROSPECTUS FOR THE BOOK. ALL HOUSED IN AN OATMEAL SOLANDER BOX PAPER LABELS. A FINE SET.
2ND PRINTING.VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. BOOK HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED WITH TAPE AT THE FRONT AND THE REAR. ( WRITTEN ACCESSION NUMBER SUGGESTS AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK). BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Author:
MILLER BERTHA, VIGUERS RUTH AND DALPHIN MARCIA (COMPILERS)
