Author: Propert, J.L.
Title: A History of Miniature Art with Notes on Collectors and Collections
Description: London / New York, Macmillan, 1887. Hardbound. Blue cloth boards with gilt design and lettering; bw frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi, 285 pp. 22 plates (including portraits). This book contains a preface, chapters on missals and illuminated manuscripts, miniature art in England from the 16th to the 19th century, foreign schools, modelling in wax, le petite sculpture, snuff boxes, collectors and collections throughout the centuries, list of illustrations, and an index. Besides the pages of grouped plates, there are decorative drawings at the beginning and end of each chapter. Good+ (heavy wear to boards, tears along spine, age toning to pages as expected with age, but text and plates are otherwise clear.) .
Keywords: British Art; Miniature Art; 19th Century Art; 18th Century Art; 17th Century Art; 16th Century Art; Illuminated Mms ; British Miniature Art ; Miniature Art ; 19th Century Art
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Title: A History of Miniature Art with Notes on Collectors and Collections
Description: London / New York, Macmillan, 1887. Hardbound. Blue cloth boards with gilt design and lettering; bw frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi, 285 pp. 22 plates (including portraits). This book contains a preface, chapters on missals and illuminated manuscripts, miniature art in England from the 16th to the 19th century, foreign schools, modelling in wax, le petite sculpture, snuff boxes, collectors and collections throughout the centuries, list of illustrations, and an index. Besides the pages of grouped plates, there are decorative drawings at the beginning and end of each chapter. Good+ (heavy wear to boards, tears along spine, age toning to pages as expected with age, but text and plates are otherwise clear.) .
Keywords: British Art; Miniature Art; 19th Century Art; 18th Century Art; 17th Century Art; 16th Century Art; Illuminated Mms ; British Miniature Art ; Miniature Art ; 19th Century Art
Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 181907
- Book number: 181907
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