Author: Hobbes, James R.
Title: The Picture Collector's Manual (Volume 1)
Description: London, England, T. & W. Boone, 1849. Hardcover. leather boards w/ marbled inset; gilt spine & raised bands. marbled pastedowns & enpapers. 507 pgs. A handsome leatherbound copy of Volume One with bright gilt tiles. Remains tightly bound. The full title.. "The Picture Collector's Manual, Adapted to the Professional Man, and the Amateur; Being a Dictionary of Painters, Containing Fifteen Hundred More Names Than in any Other Work, Together with an Alphabetical Arrangement of the Scholars, Imitators, and Copyists of the Various Masters, and a Classification of Subjects, Shewing the Names of Those Who Painted in the Several Departments of Art, Thus Affording, in all Uncertain Cases, a Clue by Which the Judgement may be Guided, the Opinion Strengthened, and the Doubt Removed. VG-. (leather worn at edges, hinges & corners. lower spine chipped. tightly bound. pgs lightly tanned. light speckled foxing throughout.) .

Keywords: Reference; 19th Century ; Artist Dictionaries ; 19th Century ;


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