Hardcover
1849 · London, England
by Hobbes, James R.
London, England: T. & W. Boone, 1849. Hardcover. VG-. (leather worn at edges, hinges & corners. lower spine chipped. tightly bound. pgs lightly tanned. light speckled foxing throughout.). leather boards w/ marbled inset; gilt spine & raised bands. marbled pastedowns & enpapers. 507 pgs. A handsome leatherbound copy of Volume One with bright gilt tiles. Remains tightly bound. The full title... "The Picture Collector's Manual, Adapted to the Professional Man, and the Amateur; Being a Dictionary of Painters, Containing Fifteen Hundred More Names Than in any Other Work, Together with an Alphabetical Arrangement of the Scholars, Imitators, and Copyists of the Various Masters, and a Classification of Subjects, Shewing the Names of Those Who Painted in the Several Departments of Art, Thus Affording, in all Uncertain Cases, a Clue by Which the Judgement may be Guided, the Opinion Strengthened, and the Doubt Removed.
(Inventory #: 181999)