Softbound
1986 · Washington, DC
by Nygren, Edward J.
Washington, DC: Corcoran, 1986. Softbound. Good (may have ex-libris/library w/ white, type-written label to lower spine or previous owners notions to front endpaper. scuffs & scratches to wraps; edge-wear. may have harsh tear to spine top w/ creasing & curling to wrap edge; bump to that section. may have bump to lower corner w/ curling. may have multiple creases to spine w/ split spine; textblock glue & pgs fully intact.). Color wraps. 311 pp. 34 color, 169 bw plates. Lists 182 works. Essays by Edward J. Nygren (Preface; and From View To Vision), Bruce Robertson (Venit, Vidit, Depinxit: The Military Artist in America; and The Picturesque Traveler), Amy R.W. Meyers (Imposing Order on the Wilderness: Natural History Illustration and Landscape Portrayal), Therese O'Malley (Landscape Gardening in The Early National Period), Ellwood C. Perry III (Thomas Cole's Early Career: 1818-1829) and John R. Stilgoe (Smiling Scenes). Each article has copious notes and bibliographical references.
(Inventory #: 164891)