The Works
by REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Fourth edition, corrected, in a restrained contemporary binding: the works of Sir Joseph Reynolds, the most influential of eighteenth-century English painters. This attractive set includes the famous Discourses of Reynolds: 'a classic of our language ... a model of art criticism' (Cambridge History of English Literature).
Also included is Mason's translation of du Fresnoy's 'Art of Painting' with Reynolds's commentary, and a life of Reynolds by Edmond Malone.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3002016
- Title
- The Works
- Author
- REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cadell and Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1809
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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