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Book Description: First Edition. Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, Continued and Concluded by Tom Taylor. Published by John Murray, London, 1865. This two-volume life of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) was begun by the Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794-1859) and completed by the journalist and dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-80). Two volumes in contemporary half pebbled green and brown Morocco over marbled boards, the backs with gilt rules and lettering, marbled end papers. Very Good, xvii, 532, vii, 646 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and 5 plates Vol. I and a frontispiece and 4 plates Vol. II. A handsome and sturdy set. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bookplate of Mass Supreme Court Justice C Loring.This 1865 two-volume life of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) was begun by the Royal Academician Charles Leslie (1794-1859) and completed by the journalist and dramatist Tom Taylor (1817-80). One of the greatest artists… Read More