Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary Queen of Scots, with a Chapter by L. Dimier on the French Court Painters of the XVI Century

Foster, J.J. [Joshua James]

Verlag: Dickinsons, London, 1904

Beschreibung

Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary Queen of Scots, with a Chapter by L. Dimier on the French Court Painters of the XVI Century. LIMITED EDITION. Number 105 of 175 copies. EDITION DE LUXE. MASSIVE TOME. Illustrated by numerous examples selected from famous collections (paintings, drawings, coins & medals). Contains all 57 illustrations complete (as listed at front). The illustrations are frontispiece, 36 plates (some plates with mulitple illustrations, & 4 plates being in colour), plus in-text illustrations. All illustrations with printed tissue guards, as issued. The "ink stamps" which appear on some of the portraits are on the original illustrations. Includes preface, list of illustrations & owners, chronological summary, 9 chapters, appendix with Sir George Scharf on portraits of Mary (extract from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries), plus index. Title page & half-title both printed in black & red. Decorative red initial at beginning of each chapter. Joshua James Foster (1847-1923) was an arts historian who produced a large number of publications relating to the history of art. He was born in Dorchester in 1847. Heavy stock paper. Printed at the University Press, Glasgow. 1/4 LEATHER. Bound in red buckram cloth backed by red morocco leather spine, large elaborate gilt coat-of-arms ("Maria Regina") design to front board, gilt border design along leather edge of front board, gilt lettering to spine, 4 raised bands, top edge gilt, printed endpapers. NOTE: A GOOD to VERY GOOD COPY ONLY. Old staining & associated soiling to entire rear board (& margins of final three leaves & final plate upper margin), sun-shading to front board, tissue guard at frontispiece detached (but present), some tissue guards with creasing & closed tears, mild foxing (including to some plates), light rubbing to spine, otherwise overall a clean tight solid copy. Internally VERY GOOD. xvii + 126pp. Very heavy large folio volume (over 5kg), extra shipping may be required. RARE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003002

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Concerning the True Portraiture of Mary ...

Verlag: Dickinsons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1904

Einband: Leather

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition