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Marcus B. Huish - British Water-Colour Art in the First Year of the Reign of King Edward the Seventh, and During the Century Covered by the Life of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours

Title: British Water-Colour Art in the First Year of the Reign of King Edward the Seventh, and During the Century Covered by the Life of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours
Description: London, The Fine Art Society; Adam and Charles Black, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition work on watercolour painting in Great Britain, with numerous colour plates throughout. The De Luxe First Edition. Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies, this being number 309. Signed by Huish to the limitations page. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. With a colour frontispiece, folding facsimile, and sixty full-page colour plates by various artists from the Royal Society of Painters. Collated complete. An interesting work on the history of watercolour painting in Great Britain, including the first watercolour society, different techniques, the coronation gift to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and more. Marcus Bourne Huish was an English barrister, writer and art dealer. He was the editor of 'The Art Journal', from 1881 to 1892. The half title page is present. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the extremities. Spine is darkened. Light bumping to the spine. Marks to the boards. The front hinge is starting but still firm. Light spotting to the free endpapers. Discreet blindstamp for, 'Neatham Mill Library', to the rear free endpaper. Internally, binding slightly strained but still generally firm. Pages bright and clean with some light age-toning to the edges. The odd handling mark throughout. Author's signature to the limitations page. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Keywords: watercolour painting british art marcus bourne huish art history british art Various

Price: GBP 285.00 = appr. US$ 406.98 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 848g30

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