rowbotham george (2 Ergebnisse)

1st ed. Ex college library - stamps, remains of labels, etc., otherwise VG; dust jacket worn at edges, with short tears. This is a heavy book (about 2kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in Fair dustjacket Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in Fair dustjacket.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. George Romney; Sir Joshua Reynolds ect (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this uncommon biography on various popular artists by Francis Jameson Rowbothan, bound in half calf. The first edition.Bound in a half calf prize binding with a crest to the front with Latin text from the 'EOC' (Happily Cultured Gentlemen).Illustrated with a monochrome, tipped in frontispiece and fifteen monochrome tipped in plates. Collated complete.This work was written by Francis Jameson Rowbotham and provides biographies on a selection of great artists such as George Romney, John Constable, Joshua Reynolds and Joseph Mallord William Turner. The work discusses their lives and their artwork, with illustrations depicting their work. Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Prize binding. Externally very smart with rubbing to the extremities and joints, slight minor marks to the boards and spine and slight fading to the spine. Prize bookplate to the front pastedown from the 'Edinburgh Academy' for drawing. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.