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Published by James Carpenter, London, London, 1836
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. James Carpenter, London, 1836. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. Xii + 27 pp plus engraved frontis & 74 engraved plates. Brief summary of each work from various Italian artists such as Dominichino, Julio Romano, Nicholos Poussin, Giorgione, Caracci, Titian, Raffaelle, Correggio, Paul Veronese, Albano, Rubens, Da Vinci, Reni et al. Library rebound in blue cloth over board with gilt lettering. Bookplates and stamps to front and rear endpapers, stamps also on reverse of each plate. Plates generally nice and clean. ***** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****.
Published by James Carpenter, London, 1836
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG. F. Joubert, engravings (illustrator). First Edition. Three quarter red leather with marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decorations on the spine, marbled endpapers, and gilt edges. Rubbing wear at the extremities somewhat pronounced at the lower corner of the front board, two adherent spots on the rear board at the spine, nineteenth-century bookplate, scattered brief foxing and a small marginal dampstain on two leaves. Engraved vignette title-page, title-page, xii+27pages + engraved plates (73 of 74 present in this volume). The Coesvelt collection of ninety works, which is documented herein, was initially offered to the Engish government. After they declined, the Emperor of Russia purchased seven of the works, and the remainder were sold through Christie's. Coesvelt, a London banker, wrote the descriptive comments on his paintings.