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Love in Art: Thirty-six illustrations from celebrated paintings by the great masters
by Mary Knight Potter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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About This Item
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First edition by virtue of no later impression referenced. L.C. Page and Company, Boston. Fourth installment in the Art Series. "Thirty-six illustrations from celebrated paintings by the great masters." Blue cloth cover, gilt-stamped front board and spine, gilt top. Rough cut fore-edge. Thirty-six black-and-white illustration plates, depictions of love and romance in fine art, 260 pages. Edition notes: The first edition was issued in multiple cover colors.
No dust jacket. Light shelf-wear. Separation of frontispiece plate and tissue guard and a portion of loosening binding, but otherwise remains fast. Toning and light soiling, but pages free from marks, tears, or creases. A beautiful antique volume.
approx. 19 x 13 x 3cm, 1 lb 4.8oz
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- Bookseller
- anuncommonleaf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154-17ii
- Title
- Love in Art
- Author
- Mary Knight Potter
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth with gilt vignette
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- L.C. Page and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1898
- Pages
- 260
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Mary Knight Potter, Love in Art, Romance Depictions, Painting Masters, First Edition,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Volumes; Art;
Terms of Sale
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- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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