Published by Privately Printed, London, 1894
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
xiii, [1 (Errata)], 57, [3] pp (including Index). Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 8vo. "Ernest Chesneau was the author of La Peintre Anglaise, which was published in England in 1885 as The English School of Painting, with a preface by John Ruskin. Ruskinâs twenty letters to Chesneau were written between 1867 and 1883, and contain many interesting passages devoted to Ruskinâs philosophy of art, and his opinions of various painters." [as quoted on RBH]. Minor wear. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down. A VG+ - Nr Fine copy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d). "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page [v]; according to Pariser & Todd, this 33 cc on Whatmann paper.
Published by Librairie de l'art, 1883
Seller: Tant qu'il y aura des livres, Pontcharra, France
reliure pleine toile décorée, toutes tranches dorées, 68p. Reliure signée Engel. Nombreuses gravures dans le texte, 13 eaux fortes en pleine page (dont une par l'artiste lui-même, Macbeth). Table des matières : John Everett Millais - Edward Burne-Jones; W.B. Richmond - Sir F. Leighton; Alma Tadema; G.F. Watts; O'von Glehn; J.D. Linton - W.Q. Orchardson - P.R. Morris; Franck Holl - H. Herkomer; W. Small; A. Hopkins - G.H. Boughton; R.W. Macbeth - Mark Fisher; A/ Parsons; C. Lawson; Edwin Edwards - Frederick Walker. Légères traces de frottements sinon très bon état, reliure solide, quelques rousseurs .