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Art and Letters An Illustrated Review
London and New York
- Date
- 1889
- Place
- London and New York
- Publisher
- Boussod, Valadon & Co. / Charles Scribner's Sons
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Folio (10-1/2" x 13-1/4") #/4 red morocco,. Spines with 5 gilt accented raised compartments, gilt stamped title in 2nd panel, volume number and year in 2th, remaining panel have gilt tri-flower emblem. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge deckled.
- Format
- Approximately 350 tissue guarded engravings, in text and single page engravings
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.3672
Art and Letters. An Illustrated Review. Four Volumes. Heavily illustrated with approximately 350 tissue guarded full page engravings, some hand-colored, head- and tail-pieces, and in text drawings. A beautiful set of books. First Edition.
Author: Various
Folio.(9.75" x 12.75") Four large volumes. 1889. Various. London and New York: Boussod, Valadon & Co. / Charles Scribner's Sons. half red pebbled leather with generous corners, double gilt rule to all leather edges, over red pebbled cloth. Spines with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, gilt vol#/year to fourth, large single centered floral gilt device to all others. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others deckled. Edgewear, head and tail of spines with small chips, minor loss. Corners bumped and rubbed, covers slightly stained (see pic). Approximately 350 in text and single page engravings throughout the four volumes, several hand-colored. A beautiful set of books.
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