THE FRENCH DRAWINGS in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle,
by Anthony Blunt, Surveyor of the King's Pictures [and other notoriety]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Original bookseller's label to inside cover. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamp
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Phaidon Press, Oxford & London 1945 Hardcover, 11¾" x 8¾" with dust jacket Original bookseller's label to inside cover. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Jacket wear at spine top. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dj SIGNED & DATED INSCRIPTION on HALF-TITLE PAGE ('Presented to the Xxxxxxxxx Public Library, In Memory of my Husband*, Joan Lindsay**, Baxter***, August 1978). Red cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine and front, frontis drawing by Henri Gissey ("Louis XIV as Apolllo. Design for a Ballet), Bibliography and Index. This book presents reproductions of 140 famous French Drawings by Poussin, Claude Lorrain and other French artists. The critical Catalogue and Introduction by Anthony Blunt supply a scientific commentary on this famous collection for students and art lovers alike. *Sir Daryl Lindsay was chairman of the interim council for the Australian National Gallery, 1968-71; his wife, Lady Joan Lindsay**, whose signature this book bears, was author of the book, 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' which was made into a successful international movie in 1975 - the couple lived at 'Mulberry Hill", Baxter***, on Australia's Mornington Peninsula.
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Details
- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 31581
- Title
- THE FRENCH DRAWINGS in the Collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle,
- Author
- Anthony Blunt, Surveyor of the King's Pictures [and other notoriety]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 11¾" x 8¾" with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Original bookseller's label to inside cover. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamp
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press, Oxford & London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 168 pages
- Keywords
- Art French Drawings France Henri Gissey Poussin Lorrain
Terms of Sale
Pegasus Book Orphanage
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
On-line bookstore operating for 20+ years.
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