TREASURES OF ART IN GREAT BRITAIN; Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss., &c. &c. (Translated from the German by Lady Eastlake.)
by WAAGEN, Dr. [Gustav Friedrich]
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1854. First edition. 3 volumes (a supplemental volume, not present here, was published in 1857): lx, 430; v, 503; vi, 486 pp. 32-page publisher's catalogue, dated April 1854, at rear of volume three. Original patterned burgundy cloth (joints with some wear and repair), gilt spine title. Gift inscription on front endpaper of volume one, but a good solid copy.
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- Title
- TREASURES OF ART IN GREAT BRITAIN; Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss., &c. &c. (Translated from the German by Lady Eastlake.)
- Author
- WAAGEN, Dr. [Gustav Friedrich]
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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