Author: TUCKERMAN, HENRY T.
Title: Artist-Life Or Sketches of American Painters
Description: New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1847. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The brown cloth cover has noticeable spots of foxing and darkening. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and fraying. The text pages are generally clean, but do have some spots of foxing throughout. There is tidemarking to the first 25 or so pages and the rear 25 or so pages, at both top and bottom edges of the text pages. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The rear endpapers have a previous owner's penciled notations. "Henry Theodore Tuckerman (April 20, 1813 – December 17, 1871) was an American writer, essayist and critic...He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a graceful style. He wrote extensively both in prose and verse. He traveled extensively in Italy, which influenced his choice of subjects in his earlier writings. These include The Italian Sketch-book (1835) ; Isabel, or Sicily: A Pilgrimage (1839) ; two volumes of verse, Poems (1851) and A Sheaf of Verse (1864) ; Thoughts on the Poets (1864) ; The Criterion, or the Test of Talk About Familiar Things (1866) ; The Book of the Artists (1867) ; Leaves from the Diary of a Dreamer, etc. He was prominent in the literary life of New York City after 1845." (from Wikipedia). Good .
Keywords: Art Henry T. Tuckerman Sketching Artist Biography
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Title: Artist-Life Or Sketches of American Painters
Description: New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1847. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The brown cloth cover has noticeable spots of foxing and darkening. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some rubbing, bumping and fraying. The text pages are generally clean, but do have some spots of foxing throughout. There is tidemarking to the first 25 or so pages and the rear 25 or so pages, at both top and bottom edges of the text pages. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. The rear endpapers have a previous owner's penciled notations. "Henry Theodore Tuckerman (April 20, 1813 – December 17, 1871) was an American writer, essayist and critic...He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a graceful style. He wrote extensively both in prose and verse. He traveled extensively in Italy, which influenced his choice of subjects in his earlier writings. These include The Italian Sketch-book (1835) ; Isabel, or Sicily: A Pilgrimage (1839) ; two volumes of verse, Poems (1851) and A Sheaf of Verse (1864) ; Thoughts on the Poets (1864) ; The Criterion, or the Test of Talk About Familiar Things (1866) ; The Book of the Artists (1867) ; Leaves from the Diary of a Dreamer, etc. He was prominent in the literary life of New York City after 1845." (from Wikipedia). Good .
Keywords: Art Henry T. Tuckerman Sketching Artist Biography
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 47337
- Book number: 47337
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