Pictures and Painters
by Richards, T. Addison
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used; Acceptable
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Virtue and Yorston, 1869. First Edition. Full-Leather. Used; Acceptable. This large volume has considerable damage, but it is 130+ years old. Front cover detached; wear to boards especially hinges; significant foxing throughout which in most cases has not affected the steel engravings; some browning throughout. Highly detailed gilt decorations and elaborate lettering on front, back and spine of the brown leather boards; all edges gilt; colorful decorated endpapers; over 70 full-page steel engravings, each with an accompanying page of text. This compilation of 19th century work is mostly from the English School with a few examples of Belgian and French art. T. Addison Richards has come into some fame recently for his own work. THIS IS A VERY RARE BOOK.
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- Bookseller
- Books Music Videos 4 U (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HBBK02476
- Title
- Pictures and Painters
- Author
- Richards, T. Addison
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used; Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Virtue and Yorston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- STEEL ENGRAVINGS 19TH CENTURY ART ARTISTS PAINTERS ENGLISH AMERICAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare~Art;
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Haines City, Florida
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Acceptable
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