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An Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman, with a Critical View of the Hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, Etc. And of the Hypothesis of Beauty in Sculpture and Painting, By Leonardo Da Vinci, Winckelmann, Etc
by Walker, Alexander
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
NY: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Retired library copy, minimally stamped, stickered, labeled; Faded green cloth binding with frayed spine extremities; Original pale yellow endpapers, light fold to top corners; Textblock overall clean and tight. Blind-embossed green cloth, fraying/chipping to head and foot of spine, bumped corners with light fraying; library label glue remnant on spine. Donation label on ffep; 372p., plus 23 plates, including frontispiece, and drawn from life by Henry Howard; All of womanhood explained and judged by a middle aged white male, expressing the caucasian opinions of 1852. . Third Edition. Embossed Green Cloth. Good. Illus. by Henry Howard (drawings from Life by); M. Gauci and R.J. Lane (drawn on Stone by). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.
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- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SB14676
- Title
- An Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman, with a Critical View of the Hypotheses of Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, Etc. And of the Hypothesis of Beauty in Sculpture and Painting, By Leonardo Da Vinci, Winckelmann, Etc
- Author
- Walker, Alexander
- Illustrator
- Henry Howard (drawings from Life by); M. Gauci and R.J. Lane (drawn on Stone by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Art, Art History, Women in Art, Women's Studies, Beauty, Womanhood, Social Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Social Science;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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