The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal Academy, with an Original Memoir, and Anecdotes of the Author

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Published by Thomas M'Lean [McLean], London, 1824

About this Item

A three volume edition of the complete works of English portrait painter Joshua Reynolds, who in 1768 became the first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. A first edition thus, in three volumes, and with a biography of the author, a major figure. John Russell identified Reynolds as one of the major European painters of the eighteenth century.Lacking the portrait frontispiece to volume I.These volumes contain the collected and complete writings of Reynolds on a variety of subjects concerning the arts, and with volume III containing Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy's 'The Art of Painting', translated into English by William Mason.With a contemporary inscription, dated 1867, to each title page, alongside further pencil notations. Rebound in paper wraps, with all endpapers removed. Ink titles handwritten to each front wrap, and volume numbers to back strip heads. Front hinges of volumes I and III strained. Internally, firmly bound. Inscriptions to title page heads. Pages age toned, with light spotting throughout. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal Academy, with an Original Memoir, and Anecdotes of the Author
• Publisher: Thomas M'Lean [McLean], London
• Publication Date: 1824
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: None
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book