Author: Agnes Ethel Conway; Sir Martin Conway
Title: The Children&Apos;S Book of Art
Description: London, Adam and Charles Black , 1909. Cloth. A very scarce work aimed a children in which father and daughter Agnes Ethel Conway and Sir Martin Conway discuss famous paintings. Written by Agnes Ethel Conway the noted historian and archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who wrote this work alongside her father Martin Conway. This work, aimed at children, attempts to engage the reader with art and paintings, offering accessible descriptions of each of the featured paintings. The chapter titles of this work are as follows: The Thirteenth Century In Europe; Richard II; The Van Eycks; The Renaissance; Raphael; The Renaissance In the North; Rembrant; Peter de Hoogh and Cuyp; Van Dyck; Velasquez; Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century; Turner; The Nineteenth Century. With 14 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the volume. Collated complete with 16 plates. 1 being detached but present. With the previous owners ink inscription to the head of the front endpaper that reads 'Lawrence Cave from his Mother. New Years Day, 1910&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with lightly bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities. Light patches of rubbing to the front board has resulted in loss to plate to the front board. Previous owners ink inscription to the front endpaper, with light spotting to the front and rear endpapers. The odd spot to the fore edge. Internally generally firmly bound, with light straining in places. With 1 plate detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots. Small tears to the tail and to the fore edge of the frontispiece. Good . Ill.: Unamed. Good .
Keywords: Children Art Very Scarce Agnes Ethel Conway Art Unamed
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Title: The Children&Apos;S Book of Art
Description: London, Adam and Charles Black , 1909. Cloth. A very scarce work aimed a children in which father and daughter Agnes Ethel Conway and Sir Martin Conway discuss famous paintings. Written by Agnes Ethel Conway the noted historian and archaeologist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who wrote this work alongside her father Martin Conway. This work, aimed at children, attempts to engage the reader with art and paintings, offering accessible descriptions of each of the featured paintings. The chapter titles of this work are as follows: The Thirteenth Century In Europe; Richard II; The Van Eycks; The Renaissance; Raphael; The Renaissance In the North; Rembrant; Peter de Hoogh and Cuyp; Van Dyck; Velasquez; Reynolds and the Eighteenth Century; Turner; The Nineteenth Century. With 14 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the volume. Collated complete with 16 plates. 1 being detached but present. With the previous owners ink inscription to the head of the front endpaper that reads 'Lawrence Cave from his Mother. New Years Day, 1910&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with lightly bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities. Light patches of rubbing to the front board has resulted in loss to plate to the front board. Previous owners ink inscription to the front endpaper, with light spotting to the front and rear endpapers. The odd spot to the fore edge. Internally generally firmly bound, with light straining in places. With 1 plate detached but present. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots. Small tears to the tail and to the fore edge of the frontispiece. Good . Ill.: Unamed. Good .
Keywords: Children Art Very Scarce Agnes Ethel Conway Art Unamed
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 648C26
- Book number: 648C26
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