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ANECDOTES OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPLE ARTISTS; AND INCIDENTAL NOTES ON OTHER ARTS - 4 VOL. SET - COMPLETE with CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS WHO HAVE BEEN BORN OR RESIDED IN ENGLAND [1763]
by George Vertue, Horace Walpole
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
England: Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill, 1763-1771. First edition, second state. Hardcover. Very Good +. 7 x 9 in. Contemporary red morocco with gilt titles and spine decorations. Marbled endpapers. First edition, second state, with numerous engraved plates. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; all hinges are solid with no tenderness. Covers have some wear to edges, vol. 4 has some more wear to the lower corners. Spine labels have some chips, loss to lower part of vol. 3, loss to all of vol. 4. Bindings tight and text very clean and bright. All have the engraved bookplate of Ernest Hamilton Sharp on the front pastedown. A very nice set. Art. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41805
- Title
- ANECDOTES OF PAINTING IN ENGLAND; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPLE ARTISTS; AND INCIDENTAL NOTES ON OTHER ARTS - 4 VOL. SET - COMPLETE with CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVERS WHO HAVE BEEN BORN OR RESIDED IN ENGLAND [1763]
- Author
- George Vertue, Horace Walpole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, second state
- Publisher
- Thomas Farmer at Strawberry Hill
- Place of Publication
- England
- Date Published
- 1763-1771
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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