Early English Watercolours and Some Cognate Drawings By Artists Born Not Later Than 1785
by Williams, Iolo A
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: The Connoisseur. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. London: The Connoissuer, 1952. First Edition. 12 x 9 ¾ in. xxii,266 pages including index. Original cream cloth, letters in gilt. Binding looks fresh but for stain-streak along lower edge of covers caused by earlier dustjacket protector. Interior clean, no owner's name, near fine. Dustjacket with cover illustrations moderately worn at edges showing occasional stain at edges from the same former dj protector. 1 color plate and 412 images on 200 glossy plates. Dj blurb: "survey of the use of watercolour in England from the sixteenth century to the time of Cotman, Cox, and De Wint…The main emphasis is on landscape, topography, and figure drawing, but the book-illustrators, marine watercolourists, natural history draughtsmen, portraitists and caricaturists are also included." ; Over 400 illustrations; 12 x 9 3/4 inches; 266 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dale A. Sorenson
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1742
- Title
- Early English Watercolours and Some Cognate Drawings By Artists Born Not Later Than 1785
- Author
- Williams, Iolo A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Connoisseur
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- British Art, English Art, Watercolors, Works on Paper
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