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Little Journeys To The Homes of Eminent Artists
by Hubbard, Elbert
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Wm Wise & Co, 1916. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Wm Wise & Co., 1916. Ex-Library Anniversary Edition. Copyright 1916 by The Roycrofters. This printing 1922. A tight, solid, clean volume. Library re-bound in red vine-type decorated cloth with red spine, gilt titles. Lib pocket on endpaper, stamp on bottom edge. Internals clean and free of any markings, no creases. Illustrated Title Page. Binding tight & solid. Frontis: full portrait of Raphael, tissue protected, red stamped with "Raphael". Each section of the book is about a different artist and starts with a full page portrait of that artist. The last one in the book of Whistler is also tissue protected with red lettering. The portrait of Abbey has a closed tear on the upper edge, and a light stain on that edge. Pages 305-312 have a small closed tear on the upper edge. Artists include Raphael, Leonardo, Botticelli, Thorwaldsen, Gainsborough, Velasquez, Corot, Correggio, Bellini, Cellini, Abbey, and Whistler. 357 pages. 8 x 6 inches. Wm Wise & Co Publishers, New York, 1922.
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 008201
- Title
- Little Journeys To The Homes of Eminent Artists
- Author
- Hubbard, Elbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wm Wise & Co
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1916
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ARTISTS, HOMES RAPHAEL LEONARDO DA VINCI BOTTICELLI VELASQUEZ COROT CORREGGIO BELLINI CELLINI ABBEY WHISTLER THORWALDSEN GAINSBOROUGH
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