Gainsborough et sa Place dans l'Ecole Anglaise
- Hardcover
- Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1899
Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1899. First French edition. Hardcover. g. Elephant folio. VI, [4], 220pp. Uncut. Contemporary floral cloth with gold lettering on title label laid on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece protected with a captioned tissue guard. Title page in red and black lettering. Remarkable work on Thomas Gainsborough's life and work, profusely illustrated with 62 heliogravures and 10 colored lithographs depicting some of the painter's most notable masterworks. Spine and edges of binding age-toned. Title label rubbed, thus affecting gold lettering. Head of spine slightly chipped. Very minor age toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair, interior in good+ to very good condition.
Details
Title
Gainsborough et sa Place dans l'Ecole Anglaise
Author
Armstrong, Walter; B. H. Gausseron (Translator)
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Good
Publisher
Hachette et Cie: Paris
Date
1899
Edition
First French edition