Painting and Portrait Making in the American Northeast by Benes, Peter (editor) - 1995

Boston University. 1995. Very Good; Softcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; From the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings 1994. 288 pages in pictorial wraps; Abundantly illustrated in b & w. Very Good book; light wear ends of spine, tips; firm binding; pages crisp, clean, unmarked. Contribution include: Emergence of the Portrait Miniature in New England; Brothers Blyth--Salem in Its Heyday; Frederick Mayhew, Limner Portraits of Early Nineteenth Century New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard; New England and New York Portrait Makers in Canada 1760-1860; 18063-The Year of the Physiognotrace; William J. Weaver's Secret Art of Multiplying Pictures; Facing Paintings and Painting Faces; Erastus Salisbury Field: Mezzographs and Other Experiments; and much more. .

Boston, MA: Boston University, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 288 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of book binding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.