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MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 193 pages, 136 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (1 color) ; 28 cm. Contents: Partial contents Indexes of artists and sitters: p. [v-xii] at front. Subjects: Miniature painters; Painters Great Britain; Miniature painting 18th century; Portrait miniatures 18th century. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 402545
Title: Miniatures in the XVIIIth and XIXth ...
Publisher: London : Published for the author by B.T. Batsford
Publication Date: 1951
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st edition.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
B.T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1951. First Edition. Hardback. DW. 4to. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations at rear. Front endpaper rubbed o/w a good clean copy in slightly soiled, chipped and worn wrapper that is browned to spine. Seller Inventory # 77139
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Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 8vo, [xiv], 198pp. 136pp plates. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Bookplate to the front pastedown, endpapers lightly foxed, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is good plus (lightly rubbed, head of spine panel chafed). Seller Inventory # 24531
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Seller: West Cove UK, Wellington, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Year 1951. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> In presenting this book to the public the author has aimed at giving some account of the work of artists practising miniature painting in the 18th and 19th centuries. The names of some of the artists found here are familiar, while others are not so. For that reason it is thought that an account of some of the lesser known men and their art would be interesting, especially when accompanied by numerous illustrations, and would help to fill a gap which has become apparent for some years to students of miniature painting in this period. An attempt has also been made to bring to the reader's notice the extent and variety of miniature painting in the period dealt with, especially in the middle part of the 19th century and an idea of the number of good artists working in little" in that time. The artists of the middle part and of the last quarter of the 19th cen-tury, whose work has deserved more attention than has hitherto been given to them are fully referred to; and although the works of a. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM548-G-11832
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Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
4to. Colour frontis, prelims. 193pp followed by 136 pages of plates illustrating some 385 miniatures.Publisher's blue cloth gilt in grey dust wrapper. Wrapper slightly rubbed otherwise a very good copy of this useful reference work. Seller Inventory # 5767
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Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
1st.ed. Fading at head of spine; dust jacket a little worn at edges, with short tear at head of spine front joint. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dustjacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS060993I
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Seller: The Bookroom, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean and tight in a very nice dustjacket with some foxing. Seller Inventory # 7056
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