The Italian Schools of Painting. With observations on the present state of the art

J. T. JAMES

Verlag: London: John Murray, 1820

Beschreibung

Cloth-backed boards. Lettering-labels on spine chipped, corners a little worn, some mild foxing. With the handsome bookplate of Worcester Library (this book was no. 1775). Tipped in at front 8pp. of publishers' advertisements ("Works recently published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown", leading with Southey's Poetical Works, 14 vols, and life of Wesley). With David J. Hall's pencilled note, "The first published scientifically organised treatise on the Italian schools & large-scale history of Italian art in English . . ." John Thomas James, a Student of Christ Church, Oxford, visited Italy in 1816; he went into the Church on his return and later succeeded Reginald Heber as Bishop of Calcutta. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 20M100097

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Italian Schools of Painting. With ...

Verlag: London: John Murray

Erscheinungsdatum: 1820

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition