Author: Mrs. Steuart Erskine
Title: Beautiful Women in History & Art
Description: London, George Bell & Sons, 1905. Leather. A delightful work depicting beautiful women, illustrated by Hallett Hyatt with splendid full plates and headpieces. With chapters on the women in the courts of Henry VIII, the contemporaries of Mary Stuart, Jacobite beauties, beautiful actresses and heroines of the French Revolution, as well as others.Demonstrating the likes of Eleanor Gwynn, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, Sarah Siddons, Elizabeth Stuart Queen of Bohemia, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Elizabeth Comtesse de Gramont.Written by Beatrice Erskine.Illustrated by engraver and illustrator Hallett Hyatt. Containing twenty-nine plates, as well as numerous headpieces. Collated, complete.A smart copy of this scarce work. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart, with some slight rubbing to the spine, raised bands and extremities, with loss along the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, bar a touch of offsetting opposing illustrations. Very Good . Ill.: Hallett Hyatt. Very Good .
Keywords: Beatrice Erskine Beautiful Women Women in History Beautiful Women Hallett Hyatt
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Title: Beautiful Women in History & Art
Description: London, George Bell & Sons, 1905. Leather. A delightful work depicting beautiful women, illustrated by Hallett Hyatt with splendid full plates and headpieces. With chapters on the women in the courts of Henry VIII, the contemporaries of Mary Stuart, Jacobite beauties, beautiful actresses and heroines of the French Revolution, as well as others.Demonstrating the likes of Eleanor Gwynn, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, Sarah Siddons, Elizabeth Stuart Queen of Bohemia, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour and Elizabeth Comtesse de Gramont.Written by Beatrice Erskine.Illustrated by engraver and illustrator Hallett Hyatt. Containing twenty-nine plates, as well as numerous headpieces. Collated, complete.A smart copy of this scarce work. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart, with some slight rubbing to the spine, raised bands and extremities, with loss along the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, bar a touch of offsetting opposing illustrations. Very Good . Ill.: Hallett Hyatt. Very Good .
Keywords: Beatrice Erskine Beautiful Women Women in History Beautiful Women Hallett Hyatt
Price: GBP 425.00 = appr. US$ 606.89 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 778R44
- Book number: 778R44
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