New York: Harper & Brothers, 1877 A very fine binding. Beautiful elaborate pictorial front cover stamped in gilt and black. Brown cloth. Beveled boards. Text is divided into 3 parts: Contemporary Art in England, Contemporay Art in France and Contemporary Art in Germany. 77 engraving like illustrations. 164 pages plus one page of ads. page #165 missing. Gilt page edges. Front endpaper split at fold but repaired. Hinges strong. Clean. Tight. Some wear at corners of binding and at head and tail of spine, cover is beautiful. VG. .

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Bookseller: Cultural Connection (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13557
Title: Contemporary Art in Europe
Author: Benjamin, S.G.W
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1877
Keywords: Art, Fine Bindings, European Art, France, England, Germany, Engravings
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Home to collectible and scarce or rare hard to find books and quality collectible fine art including wood sculpture, limited edition cast marble sculpture, paintings and wood block prints. Our book inventory has a large number of first editions, books autographed by the author, maps, limited editions and books with engravings. We have many scarce and collectible books. Our book specialties are art, archaeology, history, natural history, and fiction. Our art collection includes African tribal art, American, antiques, Asian, Eskimo, European, Far Eastern, Indian, Mid Eastern, 17th, 18th and 19th century, 20th century, contemporary, and Precolumbian art.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
Fine Binding: An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tail: The heel of the spine.