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Condition of the Volumes

Bindings are sound with signs of wear (see photos).
Gilt page edges.
Marbled frontispiece and back piece.
Very large folio, hardbound in quarter leather spine and tips, over black cloth boards with raised bands, gilt title and front cover design. Front and back covers show typical wear (see photos).
Pages are clean with no stains or foxing, text pages are lightly toned.
Each volume: 11 lbs., 15" long, 11" wide.

About the Content

This two-volume set includes 120 superb steel engravings after J. M. W. Turner, an English painter known for romantic landscape painting.

His ability to "paint light" makes his work suitable for engraving.


Each plate is on heavy paper with a tissue protection cover.
Plates are accompanied by a page of descriptive text featuring historical and critical remarks by William Cosmo Monkhouse, a British poet and critic.
Plates include a portrait of Turner, views of Venice, ships at sea, mythological figures, and castles in England.
Printed about 1888… Leer más

Condition

All volumes are in good condition, bindings show use (see photos)
Clean pages, no tears

Contents

Each book is authored (curated) by a respected artist in their specialty
Each book contains hundreds of black and white plates and drawings
The 'idea' of each book is to teach via studying paintings and drawings by the masters
Content is well written
Publication dates vary from 1911 to 1925
These volumes are an attribute to your art library and studio
Price is for all 5 volumes

** Important Shipping Information **

This is a multi-volume set of hardcover books with a combined shipping weight of 10 lbs.

Biblio's listed default shipping estimate ($3) is for 1 paperback book


USPS Media Mail Shipping within the US for 10 lbs is $10.63.

International shipping calculated based on buyer's location.

Description
*A complete Art Dictionary/Index containing all terms of art, architecture, heraldry, and archaeology.
*A "must have" in the library of all who need precise definitions in these areas.
*Liberally illustrated, easy read
*Beautiful dark blue hardcover featuring Hermes in a medallion on the front board
*Gold decorations on the border on the front cover and spine
*Coated brown endpapers
*English language translated from French
Condition
*Very good condition - clean pages
*Tiniest bit of rubbing on the corners
*Short split to the front hinge - full split to the back hinge - see photos
*Clean throughout and unmarked
*Very slightly unsquared