Art: Its Laws, and the Reasons for Them, Collected, Considered, and Arranged for General and Educational Purposes.
by Long, Samuel P
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Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1871. First edition. Long, Samuel P.Art: Its Laws, and the Reasons for Them, Collected, Considered, and Arranged for General and Educational Purposes.Lee and Shepard, Boston 1871. 1 leaf + [i] - ii = advertisements + frontis + TP + 1 leaf = dedication + [vii] - xxxii + 1 - 248, 9 plates, four of which are from engravings by Joseph Andrews. 8vo, An important work on aesthetics, with a section on Terms in Architecture and a Catalogue of Works of Art to Which Reference is Made in This Volume. CONDITION: Very good in original green cloth with gilt spine. Spine ends and corners with bumping and small fray at top of spine. Light edge wear.
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- Eternal Return Antiquarian Bookshop (US)
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- 203
- Title
- Art: Its Laws, and the Reasons for Them, Collected, Considered, and Arranged for General and Educational Purposes.
- Author
- Long, Samuel P
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Aesthetics; Art History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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