Author: Wyke Bayliss
Title: The Enchanted Island: The Venice of Titian and Other Studies in Art
Description: London, W. H. Allen and Co. 1888. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study of art from Bayliss, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A detailed study of art with chapters on the enchanted island, studies of books, and studies for pictures, with commentary on the existence of art and its subjects in contemporary society. Written by Sir Wyke Bayliss, a British painter, author, and poet known in the late Victorian period as an academic authority on art. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine and the odd mark to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Enchanted Island Venice Titian Island Art Bayliss None


See more books from our catalog: Art