SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1973* Publisher: Thames & Hudson.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated soft card covers. No bumps. Considerable shelf wear to edges & corners. Single heavy crease to spine, not to hinge. ++++ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight colouration to page edges. VG* Illustrations: Numerous colour & b/w reproductions & illustrations within text throughout.* Pages: 197 pp. text. xix pp. bibliography, advertisements, , acknowledgements, glossary, notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- From ?The World of Art Library? Series. Summary: This work follows the story of watercolour from its origins in 16th-century Italy and Germany through developments in Holland, France and Switzerland during the 18th century and on to the special contribution made by the British School in the work of J. R. Cozens, Girtin, Cotman and Turner. It concludes with the effects of Romanticism and Impressionism, a discussion of watercolour in the 20th century.* This is a Near VG copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5746
Title: A Concise History of Watercolours
Author: Reynolds, Graham
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG/GD/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint 1973
ISBN 10: 0500201099
ISBN 13: 9780500201091
Publisher: Thames And Hudson
Place of Publication: London Uk 216
Date Published: 1973-01-01
Size: 14.7 x 1.9 x 20.8 cm

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