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The Epochs of Painting: A Biographical and Critical Essay on Painting and Painters of All Times and Many Places
by Wornum, Ralph Nicholson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Reydon, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall, 1864. Full Red Calf LEATHER school prize binding. Raised bands, gilt lined and tooled compartments and panels.Black leather title slip. Milled edges to boards and den tels. 220 x 155mm approx. Marbled end papers with matching marbling of edges to book block. xv + 583 pages, 40 b/w illustrations. Ralph Nicholson Wornum (1812-1877) was an English artist, art historian and administrator. He was Keeper and Secretary of the National Gallery of London from 1855 until his death. This copy in a school prize binding with the crest of Haileybury College to front panel. Very Good condition with rubbing to extremities with minor scuffs, small split head of spine. College prize book plate to front paste down. Light foxing to end blanks. [736] . First Edition.. Red Leather. Very Good. 220mm. x 175mm.. Book.
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- Bookseller
- William Glynn
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012499
- Title
- The Epochs of Painting: A Biographical and Critical Essay on Painting and Painters of All Times and Many Places
- Author
- Wornum, Ralph Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- ART PAINTING HISTORY BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATION;
- Size
- 220mm. x 175mm.
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Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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