A Discourse Delivered to The Students of The Royal Academy on the Distribution of The Prizes, December 11, 1786, by The President.

REYNOLDS Sir Joshua.

Published by London: Printed by Thomas Cadell, Printer to The Royal Academy, 1786

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Quarto (25 x 20.5cm). Published at 3s. 'Reynold's admirable Discourses contain such a body of just criticism on an extremely difficult subject, clothed in such perspicuous, elegant, and nervous language, that it is no exaggerated panegyric to assert that they will last as long as the English tongue, and contribute not less than the production of his pencil to render his name immortal.- Allibone, quoting Northcote. pp. [iv],30. Authorial presentation, inscribed on the half-title (Reynolds also presented copies to James Boswell, Sir Joseph Banks, Mrs. Monatgue & John Wilkes). Late 19th C. half crushed morocco, aeg, with cloth sides & marled endpapers by Riviere & Son. The Foyle copy with the gilt leather Beeleigh Abbey plate to the past-down. VG. [Hilles 21; Lowndes 2078; BMC 21, 492; Allibone 1778].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Discourse Delivered to The Students of The Royal Academy on the Distribution of The Prizes, December 11, 1786, by The President.
• Publisher: London: Printed by Thomas Cadell, Printer to The Royal Academy
• Publication Date: 1786