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The Second Edition With AdditionsPublished by Printed for and sold by W. Brown, 17782nd ed with additions. second of 2 vols. 8vo (8½ x 5½ ins). Contemporary polished calf, raised ribbed spines gilt ruled in six compartments with gilt lettered labels, board edges gilt tooled (boards lightly marked and scratched and corners bumped). Please note condition carefully: Full leather calf binding finely tooled BUT both boards are detached, have been previously mended with paper at the inside hinges, title page browned, prelim pages adhere to front board. A couple of page corners bent or folded. Sold as-is. Please examine the images.Author:Captain Philip Thicknesse (1719 – 23 November 1792) was an English author, eccentric, and friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. Philip Thicknesse was born in Staffordshire, England, son of John Thicknesse, Rector of Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire and Joyce (née Blencowe) Thicknesse. He was brought up in Farthinghoe.Thicknesse visited the Colony of Georgia in… Read More

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arlesby Gayford, MartinISBN 10: 0670914975 / ISBN 13: 9780670914975Title: The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and ...Publisher: Fig Tree (an Imprint of Penguin Books)Publication Date: 2006Binding: HardcoverBook Condition: As NewDust Jacket Condition: As NewEdition: 1st EditionThe mesmerising true story of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin in the most celebrated cohabitation in art history.From October to December of 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a yellow house in the south of France with Vincent Van Gogh. Never before or since have two such towering artists occupied so small a space. They were the Odd Couple of art history--one calm, the other volatile--and the denouement of their living arrangement was explosive. Two months after Gauguin arrived in Provence, Van Gogh suffered a psychological crisis that culminated in his cutting off part of an ear. He was institutionalized for most of the rest of his short life and never saw Gauguin… Read More

Fine old master style drawing after Lucas van Leyden of a young man in Renaissance robes, similar drawing sold at Christie's Dec 2018. Dimensions: 29.5 x 21 cm, would fit in a standard A4 mat mount. Tan laid paper with no watermark.