Thorvaldsen: His Life and Works by Plon, Eugene: - 1874

Roberts, 1874-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Boston, 1874. Brown cloth covered boards with gold spine titles and cover illustration; edges worn; 1" split in front external hinge near crown; 8vo, 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall; no jacket. Pages toned, interior is unmarked; 320 pages.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874 IN FAIR CONDITION. Second American Edition. Translated from the French by I. M. Luyster. Illustrated by two heliotypes from steel engravings by F. Gaillard, and thirty-five of the master's compositions, drawn by F. Gaillard and engraved on wood by Carbonneau (wood-cuts are mounted illustrations). xvi, [2] 320pp, bound in original green cloth. One signature loose, a few others hand stitched in, age darkening to pages. DANISH SCULPTOR.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. Third American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. F. Gaillard, Carbonneau. 8vo - over 7¾. xvi, 319 pp. First important work considering life and output of Bertel Thorwaldsen (also spelled Thorwaldsen and seen other ways as well). In his day Thorwaldsen was considered the greatest living sculptor, often compared favorably with Michelangelo. Today he is probably best known for the Lion of Lucerne, for which he drew up the plans but did not actually execute the carving of. Yet in some ways this was an atypical work of a sculptor whose style was in the neo-classical mode and who concentrated mostly on human figures, often presented as gods in the vein of ancient Rome or Greece. In time his formalism gave way to the rawer renderings of Rodin and the less representational approach of modernism. Thorwaldsen, though, had an outsized influence as the mentor of many other sculptors, whom he apprenticed and employed in his very active Roman workshop, where for most of… Read More

Richard Bentley and Sons, 1874. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1874. No Edition Remarks. 295 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Book has a slight smoky odour. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to pages throughout. Brown staining to edges of pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine. Noticeable brown, black and white staining to all.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good minus Book lightly frayed at spine ends. Bumped corners. Cover rubbed and soiled. Former owner's name on front endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.