Nollekens joseph smith john thomas (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, complete in two volumes. 8vo. xxxix, 382pp and xi, 423pp. Brown cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spines, with black lettering and bordering to the upper boards. Each volume with a tissue-protected frontispiece, and illustrated with ninety-two plates over the two volumes, one of which is in colour and also tissue protected (the tissue resulting in a little offset toning to the adjacent text leaf). The title pages printed in black and blue. The cloth at the backstrips a little darkened, and with a circular impact ring of the upper board of the second volume. The edges dust soiled. The free endpapers browned and a little spotted, and with some occasional further mostly marginal spotting. Neat former owner bookplates to the front pastedowns of both volumes. Good. No dust wrappers.…

First Edition. Poor copy in contemporary plain boards, now somewhat scuffed and dust-toned, with a printed label to the spine. Front hinge broken, now secured with modern tape to the joint. Endpapers and prelims somewhat dust-dulled, with the core text remaining surprisingly tight, bright and clean. Despite faults, an internally strong and clean example. Physical description; x, 424 pages : 1 portrait, music ; 22 cm. Notes; Vol. 1 of 2. Title continues ".comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor and memoirs of several contemporary artists, from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds, to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake.". Portrait of William Nollekens engraved by William Bond after a drawing by John Jackson. Subjects; Nollekens, Joseph, biography. Sculptors, Great Britain, 18th century, biography. Artists, Great Britain, 18th century. Blake, William, contemporaries. Great Britain, art, 18th century. 1 Kg. …

Gr.-8°. Mit 1 Porträt. X, 424 SS.; VI, 488 SS. Dunkelblauer Maroquin d. Zt. mit Rvg. u. goldgepr. Deckelfileten und Kantenvergoldung (Kapitale etw. lädiert, stärker beschabt, Rücken laienhaft geklebt). Thieme-B. XXXI, 174.- Erste Ausgabe, first edition.- Joseph Nollekens R.A. (11 August 1737 23 April 1823) was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. This biography of the celebrated sculptor has been called "perhaps the most candid biography ever published in the English language" (wikipedia).- Schnitt etw. tintenfleckig. Gebrauchsspuren, Papier etwas gebräunt und stellenw. etwas (braun)fleckig.…