ESSAYS ON THE ANATOMY OF EXPRESSION IN PAINTING
by Bell, Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London-: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. Hardcover. Very Good. 29 cm x 24.5 cm, xii - 186pages +- (ii) pp publishers advert, bound without the 1/2 title. 6 engraved plates and a number of engraved text figures, all after Bell's drawings. Foxing to the full page plates, small tide mark to top inner blank margin of the first 10 pages approx 5cm x 2cm decreasing. Part top blank margin removed, the contents clean and tight, re cased with the original spine relayed with the original title label, the label chipped. The binding tight with no splits, showing some rubbing to the outer corners."Bell's artistic and literary skills combined with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make this work a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physiological basis of facial expression"
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 03751
- Title
- ESSAYS ON THE ANATOMY OF EXPRESSION IN PAINTING
- Author
- Bell, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London-
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- Anatomy, drawing, expression
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- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.