The Picture Collector's Manual, Adapted to the Professional Man and the Amateur

James R. Hobbes

Verlag: T. & W. Boone, London, 1849

Beschreibung

A smart first edition of this detail manual for the picture collector, from British author James R. Hobbes. Complete in two volumes. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive manual for collectors of artwork, with an alphabetical arrangement of the scholars, imitators, and copyists of various masters and a classification of subjects. Providing a dictionary of painters as well as technical terminology. Includes subjects such as: allegory, architectural and perspective views, caricatures, drawings, flowers, historical works, hunting pieces, miniatures, portraits, winter scenes, and much more. Written by James R. Hobbes, a British author and art historian. In the original half crushed morocco with cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and rear board of volume one with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Further spotting to the endpapers and title page with light age toning. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 911T39

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Picture Collector's Manual, Adapted to ...

Verlag: T. & W. Boone, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1849

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book