Famous Artists

London: T. Nelson and Sons 1896. Small 8vo.Prize Binding. 348 pp. Full light brown calf London Orphan Asylum prize binding, with raised bands, gilt-stamped panels, borders, lettering and dark brown title label; to the front board is the London Orphan Asylum seal stamped in gilt, and a prize bookplate to front pastedown dated 1899. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Minimal… Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1892 7 plates; Studies of: Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt, Murillo, Titian and Raphael; Leather-Bound Hardback: full maroon polished calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, spine panelled with raised bands, green leather lettering-piece, gilt returns, end-papers and all edges marbled, prize bookplate to front pastedown; Signed binding: … Read more about this item

London: T. Nelson, 1892. First UK edition. Gilt title block and ornate decoration in gilt and black with female painter figure to spine, gilt title with black embossed classical decoration and ruling to front, on brown bevelled cloth boards. Boards are very clean with only some minor faint marks with pictorials very bright. There is only very slight wear to… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Crowell & Co., c.1902. VG/--. Minor shelfwear. Decorative bookplate to pastedown. Rough-cut style pages & decorative gild to green cloth boards. 423pp

Methuen & Co., 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. 423 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Black and white illustrative plates within. Frontis and tissue guard are detached. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1896 A beautiful copy of this widely published work, quite rare as a First Edition, 1896. Blue decorated embossed and indented cover, and spine, partly gilt. Very clean copy, graded Fine although obviously this takes the age into consideration. It still has the tissue guarded plates, which are often lacking, and the high quality smooth art… Read more about this item

London: Methuen 1st ediiton, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Plates on tinted ground . BINDING of Gilt art nouveau design on blue cloth (tips rubbed) Top Edge Gilt 423pgs A very bright clean copy

ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE COMPENDIUMS OF THE MASTERS OF ART DA VINCI, MICHELANGELO, & RAPHAEL A GENUINE 1902 EDITION THAT IS NOW 122 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN VERY WELL KEPT INCLUDES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE ARTISTS AS WELL AS SCARCE WORKS OF HIGHLY DETAILED PLATE ARTWORK This is one of the most comprehensive volumes of the lives and art of… Read more about this item

NY.: Thomas Y. Crowell., (c1902).. Green cloth, top edge gilt, decorative gilt cover stamping.. Hinges cracked, cover extremities rubbed, foxing of & about plates else text clean/covers bright: about VG.. 8vo. Numerous black & white plates..