Birket Foster, R.W.S.
by Cundall, H.M
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. Limited Edition. Thick Quarto. Edition De Luxe Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 437 signed A & C Black. Foster was an English artist who traveled around Europe painting landscapes of Scotland, the Rhine Valley, the Swiss lakes and in Italy in watercolor. He was especially known for his English countrysides.216pp., filled with several color and black & white illustrations, some full paged others within the text and one etching that precedes the frontispiece. Contains a list of principal books containing Foster's illustrations, a list of water-colour paintings exhibited and the Royal Society of painters and a list of oil paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy. A very good bound in a white decorative cloth illustrated and ruled in green and red, designed carried to spine, top edge gilt, all others uncut. A very nice copy with some finger soiling to cloth and leaning just a bit.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019772
- Title
- Birket Foster, R.W.S.
- Author
- Cundall, H.M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- A & C Black Ac black Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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Glossary
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...