Books by HAMERTON Philip

London: Macmillan and Co.. 1876. 8vo., original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt. xxxii, 459 pages.. Second edition (Bridson & Wakeman B22 - for 1868 first edition). A standard work being both a study in connoisseurship and a practical treatise: the author-artist has copied, by etching, twelve masterworks of other artists, with detailed instructions on each as to how it was done. Well-illustrated with twelve actual engravings. Divided into a general section on the art, the Dutch school, the French school,... more information

1876. HAMERTON, Philip Gilbert. ETCHING & ETCHERS. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1876. First American edition. Illustrated with 11 of 12 plates; lacks #12, "Poplars and Oaks," by Hamerton. Octavo. xxxii,459 pp. Green pictorial cloth, printed with black and stamped in gilt. Publisher's catalog tipped-in at front endpapers; ink ownership stamp to flyleaf. Binding is shaken, with slight splitting to lower joint, fraying to heel and crown, darkening to spine, and with slight rubbing and ligh... more information

London: Macmillan and Co, 1876. Second Edition. 8vo. A New Edition, Illustrated, 12 etched plates. Original pictorial cloth, covers a little rubbed, internally fine . A standard work, being both a study in connoisseurship, and a practical treatise: the artist-author has copied, by etching, twelve masterworks of other artists, with detailed instructions on each as to how it was done ... more information

London: Macmillan, 1868. Thick 8vo, xxvi, 354 pp. With a title vignette and 31 (of 35) original prints, including one by Palmer. Original quarter roan and cloth boards stamped in gilt, very worn but internally fine. First of three editions, this copy with the Palmer etching ÒThe Early PloughmanÓ but lacking the Callot, Daubigny, Jongkind, and Rembrandt prints. A scarce book, here incomplete but the Palmer is present along with prints by lesser known artists. Lister 9.v. ... more information

London: Macmillan, 1880. Thick small folio, xxxiii, [3], 360 pp. With a title vignette and 46 (of 48) original prints, including one by Palmer. Original quarter roan and cloth boards stamped in gilt, backstrip worn but internally fine. Third of three editions, this copy with the Palmer etching ÒThe HerdsmanÕs Cottage, or, SunsetÓ but lacking the Whistler and Haden prints. A scarce book, here sadly incomplete but the Palmer is present along with prints and copies of prints, mostly by le... more information