The Life and Times of Salvator Rosa By Lady Morgan

London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1824. First Edition. A very nice 2 volume set of the life and times of the Italian Baroque painter Salvator Rosa (1615-73). Full leather binding with red and green title labels with gilt titles, one of the green title labels is chipped and has a hole to the centre. Lady Morgan was a popular novelist, poet, and travel writer and this work was the first biography of a foreign painter to appear in English. It has been criticised for its uncritical acceptance of romantic myths about Rosa, but it is a substantial work which makes significant use of unpublished primary source materials, and it was a popular work which influenced the development of Rosa's reputation in Britain. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine - good condition - slightly rubbed and faded, gilt titles on red labels, gilt volume numbers on green labels, 5 raised gilt bands dividing 6 compartments, 4 of which have gilt decoration, there is a small piece of the green label missing on Vol. I, faded. Joints - good condition - gently rubbed. Corners - good condition - bumped and worn. Boards - good condition - maroon leather with gilt lines around the edges and a blind tooled design inside the gilt, there is a mark to the front board of Vol. I. Page edges - good condition - top edge slightly darkened, all edges marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - good condition - sound. Paste downs - good condition - marbled. End papers - good condition - marbled. Title - good condition - both volumes title pages are tanned and Vol. I is also foxed. Pages - good condition - b/w frontispiece in Vol. I of Salvator Rosa, Vol. II also has a half title page, lightly tanned with minor foxing throughout. Binding - good condition - sound. See photos.…