BRITISH SPORTING AND ANIMAL DRAWINGS : C.1500-1850. A CATALOGUE.
by EGERTON, Judy (Judith Emilie), 1928-2012 & SNELGROVE, Dudley (Dudley Francis), 1906-1992 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1978. First edition. A lavish catalogue, giving detailed descriptions of the magnificent Paul Mellon collection of more than 2,000 sporting and animal drawings - hunting, racing, coaching, and much more. In The Sport in Art and Books - the Paul Mellon Collection series. Medium 4to (31cm). [2],(xviii),126pp. 142 plates (twenty-one in colour). Original cloth gilt - the case inadvertently put on upside-down; some minor rubbing, a few faint marks, but a very good copy in a lightly worn and used dust-jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31060
- Title
- BRITISH SPORTING AND ANIMAL DRAWINGS : C.1500-1850. A CATALOGUE.
- Author
- EGERTON, Judy (Judith Emilie), 1928-2012 & SNELGROVE, Dudley (Dudley Francis), 1906-1992 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1978.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art Reference, Sporting Art,
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About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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