British Water-Colour Art

Marcus B. Huish

Verlag: The Fine Art Society; Adam and Charles Black, London, 1904

Beschreibung

A signed limited edition study on the history of British watercolours, a colourfully illustrated volume signed by the editor, Marcus B. Huish. A limited edition de luxe, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered twenty-one.Signed by Marcus B. Huish to the limitation page.A beautiful volume looking into British watercolours from the previous century, looking specifically from the founding of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1804 up to 1904. Huish offers a look at the history of watercolours, and how the art has developed from the reigns of George III to Edward VII.This volume includes examples of the works of Helen Allingham, Arthur Hopkins, R. Anning Bell, Walter Crane, and more.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, one folding plate, and fifty-nine plates.Edited by Marcus B. Huish.Collated, bound without one plate. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. A little discoloured, as is usual to see with white cloth, with some light marks. Discolouration is heavier to the spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are a little strained. Internally, binding is weak, failed between pages 152 and 153. Pages are bright and clean. Spots to the endpapers and to the first and last few pages. Good Only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 888P20

Bibliografische Details

Titel: British Water-Colour Art

Verlag: The Fine Art Society; Adam and Charles Black, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1904

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Various

Zustand: Good Only

Signiert: signed by author

Art des Buches: book