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1849 The Picture Collector's Manual, Adapted to the Professional Man and the Amateur
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Description
First Edition, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Complete in two volumes. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive manual for collectors of artwork, with an alphabetical arrangement of the scholars, imitators, and copyists of various masters and a classification of subjects. Providing a dictionary of painters as well as technical terminology. Includes subjects such as: allegory, architectural and perspective views, caricatures, drawings, flowers, historical works, hunting pieces, miniatures, portraits, winter scenes, and much more. Written by James R. Hobbes, a British author and art historian.
Condition
In the original half crushed morocco with cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and rear board of volume one with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Further spotting to the endpapers and title page with light age toning.
Very Good
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