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Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of The principal Artists; and Incedental Notes on Other Arts
Vertue, George and Walpole, Horace (Ed.) with Dallaway, Rev. James · London
- Author
- Vertue, George and Walpole, Horace (Ed.) with Dallaway, Rev. James
- Date
- 1828
- Place
- London
- Publisher
- Shakspeare Press
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(6" x 9.75") Five volumes complete. Quarter brown leather with small corners, bright gilt rule and blindstamp rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spines with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title and gilt author/vol# to second and third compartment, gilt year at foot, bright gilt rule to head and foot. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Edward Clarke Boville to front pastedowns. Mild edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with a few tips worn through. Extremities rubbed, some scuffs, spines lightly sun-faded, boards lightly rubbed. Darker stains to spines of vols 5, 6. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and plates to each volume, 88 in total. Pages generally clean and bright with scattered spotting/foxing to plates, first and last few pages of each volume. Overall an attractive set of books.
- Format
- It is often considered to be the first comprehensive biographical study of the history of the arts in England.
- Category
- Architecture, Art & Craft
- Record
- S.I.8513
Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of The principal Artists; and Incedental Notes on Other Arts. 1828. London: Shakspeare Press.
4to.(6" x 9.75") Five volumes complete. Quarter brown leather with small corners, bright gilt rule and blindstamp rule to all leather edges, over marbled boards. Spines with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title and gilt author/vol# to second and third compartments, gilt year at foot, bright gilt rule to head and foot. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of Edward Clarke Boville to front pastedowns. Mild edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with a few tips worn through. Extremities rubbed, some scuffs, spines lightly sun-faded, boards lightly rubbed. Darker stains to the spines of vols 5, 6. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and plates to each volume, 88 in total. Pages generally clean and bright with scattered spotting/foxing to plates, first and last few pages of each volume. Overall, an attractive set of books.
Anecdotes of Painting in England is a multi-volume historical account of the development of painting—and related arts like engraving, sculpture, and architecture—in England. It provides biographical sketches, critical commentary, and personal stories about English (and some foreign) artists who worked in Britain from the medieval period up to the 18th century. It is often regarded as the first comprehensive biographical study of the history of the arts in England.
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