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Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. The richly illustrated third edition of Kugler's influential handbook to the Italian schools of painting, translated by Lady Eastlake and edited by Sir Charles Eastlake. In a contemporary full vellum binding. Third edition, substantially revised from the preceding English editions. Illustrated with wood engravings after works by the Old Masters, drawn on wood by George Scharf, Jun. With sixty-three plates to volume I, volume II is illustrated with forty-five plates, and a folding plate to the rear. Collated, complete. Kugler's original German Handbuch der Geschichte der Malerei appeared in 1837; the Italian portion was first translated into English in 1842. Franz Theodor Kugler (1808-1858) was a German art historian and cultural administrator for the Prussian state. His influential handbooks sought to provide a systematic historical treatment of European art. The English translation was made by Lady Eastlake, Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake, (1809-1893), the prominent art historian and critic, and edited with extensive notes by her husband, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), painter, scholar, President of the Royal Academy and later the first Director of the National Gallery. A comprehensive handbook to the Italian schools of painting, surveying the development of Italian art from early Christian and medieval painting through the Renaissance and later schools. In a contemporary full vellum binding.Externally, generally smart. Slight discolouration to spines and perimeters of boards. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd light mark to boards with slight rubbing. Pencil manuscript inscriptions to front free endpapers. Front hinge of vol. II slightly strained with minor wear to gutter, holding firm. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpapers from one F. Nina Radice, dated 1860. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with the odd light spot, heavier to first and last few leaves, fore edge, and margins of plates. Slight soiling and marking to title and first leaf of vol. II. Light pencil annotations to the margins of one or two leaves. Very Good. George Scharf, Jun (illustrator). book.…