The Turner Gallery [bound volume of 26 plates]

Turner, J. M. W.; Monkhouse, W. [William] Cosmo (text by)

Verlag: Virtue and Company [c1880], London, 1880

Beschreibung

No date [c1880]. Includes the title leaves to both Volume Two and Three, but with only 14 of the 37 plates from Volume Two present, and 12 of the 41 plates from Volume Three. Full title: "The Turner Gallery: A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J. M. W. Turner, R. A. The Descriptive Text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse. In Three Volumes." 26 plates in total. Each plate accompanied by a leaf of text. Page dimensions: 364 x 262mm. Red half-morocco binding with marbled endpapers. Inner hinges reinforced with cloth tape. Spine title: "The Turner Gallery / Vols. II-III". Rebound in early 20th Century? Plates in very good condition. Some with a few minor spots of foxing to the margins. Tissue guards present to all plates. Tissue guards with heavier spots of foxing. Binding sound. Spine leather rubbed, but with no splits or tears. Joints strong. Titles of the 26 plates are: From Volume II: Dutch Boats in a Gale; Calais Pier; The Sun Rising in a Mist; The Battle of Trafalgar; Abingdon, Berkshire; Orange Merchantman going to pieces; Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius; The Vale of Ashburnham; Scarborough; Brightling Observatory; Rye; Whitstable; Brighton Chain Pier; Mount Edgecomb. From Volume III: The Arch of Titus, Rome; The Bay of Balae; The Birdcage. A Scene from Boccassio; Ulysses Deriding Polyphemus; Caligula's Palace and Bridge; Stranded Vessel off Yarmouth; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; The Golden Bough; Venice - The Dogana; Phryne going to the Bath as Venus; Venice - Bridge of Sighs; Lake of Lucerne. ; Folio. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 13608

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Turner Gallery [bound volume of 26 ...

Verlag: Virtue and Company [c1880], London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1880

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket