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The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot, Rousseau, Diaz, Millet, Daubigny, &c.
by David Croal Thomson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
£1,750.00£1,575.00
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About This Item
London: Chapman and Hall , 1890. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 13.5" by 10" . Corot; Rousseau; Diaz; Milet; et al.. Striking large paper study of Barbizon art and painters by David Croal Thomson in a sumptuous Hatchards binding. Number two-hundred and thirty one of two hundred and eighty copies issued, initialled by the author. An extensive study of the Barbizon school of painters, an art movement active between 1830 and 1870. Their works mostly featured landscape paintings and scenes of village life.Some of the leading artists of the movement were Théodore Rousseau, Charles-François Daubigny, Jules Constant Troyon, and more. Adorned with numerous in text illustrations and thirty seven full page plates. Collated, complete. From the library of Sir William Eden, Bart. In a beautiful half crushed morocco binding over cloth covered boards signed Hatchards, marbled endpapers and gilt to top edge. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, light sunning to back strip. Sir William Eden's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Occasional pencil annotation to margin, otherwise pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 834A76
- Title
- The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot, Rousseau, Diaz, Millet, Daubigny, &c.
- Author
- David Croal Thomson
- Illustrator
- Corot; Rousseau; Diaz; Milet; et al.
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 13.5" by 10"
- Keywords
- barbizon art first editions hatchards bindings limited editions first editions
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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