Anecdotes Of Painting In England; With Some Account Of The Principal Artists. With Additions By The Rev. James Dallaway, And Vertu's Catalogue Of Engravers Who Have Been Born Or Have Resided In England 3 Vols
by Horace Walpole
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1888. 1st Edition. Leather. B&W Illustrations; 8VO; XXXII+352; + VIII+336; + VIII+354 pages; Copiously illustrated in both full page and textual b/w rendering. By the author of the famous Strawberry Hill Press. 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Armorial book plates of Reginald Arthur Catton. With wear to extremities. Contents VG fine binding in maroon calf with gilding over marbled boards with matching end papers. A number of illustrations through out. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39927
- Title
- Anecdotes Of Painting In England; With Some Account Of The Principal Artists. With Additions By The Rev. James Dallaway, And Vertu's Catalogue Of Engravers Who Have Been Born Or Have Resided In England 3 Vols
- Author
- Horace Walpole
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
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- Fine Binding
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