A Dictionary Of Painters, From The Revival Of The Art To The Present

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A Good, near Very Good, copy of the 1805 New Edition (the original first published in 1770), and containing "considerable alterations, additions, an appendix, and an index." Leather bound, tooled boards with gilt decorations to back and front cover, and to the spine. Gilt title ("Pilkington's Dictionary of Painters") to spine. Rubbed edges and a little bumping to corners; back cover is rubbed and marked. Spine cover has some loss of leather (see image). Marbled edges. Dark green card pastedown to front; no pastedown to back cover (see image). Intact dark blue ribbon marker. Some limited spotting, noticeably to first 50 pages or so; otherwise a lovely clean and bright, interior with firm binding 693pp + index A heavy item, requiring courier delivery.

90 GBP