The Genuine Works of William Hogarth Volume One

John Nichols

Verlag: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1808

Beschreibung

A scarce first edition of the first volume of William Hogarth's complete works. First edition. Scarce work. Volume one only. Illustrated with frontispiece and sixty-three plates. Collated complete. A collection of the works of William Hogarth, an English painter, engraver, pictorial satirist, social critic, editorial cartoonist, and writer. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects". With biographical anecdotes, a chronological catalogue and commentary by John Nichols. In the original full calf binding. Externally, sound with bumping to the extremities. Joints tender but still reasonably firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Title page, frontispiece, and front endpapers are loosely inserted. Bookplate to front pastedown. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 847T90

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Genuine Works of William Hogarth Volume ...

Verlag: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1808

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book