Author: Title: A Sammelband of Eight Catalogues of 1870s Exhibitions in London
Description: London, John Strangeways; Eyre and Spottiswoode; W. M Thompson et al, 1872-1879 . Cloth. A collection of eight very scarce 1870s pamphlets, advertising and providing information about Exhibitions being held in London. Bound together in this sammelband are:The 1872 second edition of 'A Guide to Works of Arts and Science Collected by The Duke of Edinburgh' during his time on the HMS Galatea. A very scarce work, with the publisher's front wrap bound in, illustrated with one folding map and one plate.The very scarce 1872 third edition of the same catalogue, illustrated with a folding colour map, with the original front and rear wraps bound in.A very scarce 1873 work advertising 'Holman Hunt's Picture, "Shadow of Death", Exhibited at No. 39B, Old Bond Street&apos. With the original front and rear wraps bound in.The scarce 1874 work 'Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures by M. Gustave Dore', exhibited at 35, New Bond Street, with the original front and rear wraps bound in.An 1874 Burlington Gallery catalogue of the 'Water-Colour Drawings and Sketches [..] by William Simpson&apos. Simpson was special artist for the Illustrated London News. With the original front and rear wraps bound in.A very scarce 1876 Bethnal Green Branch Museum 'Catalogue of a Collection of Articles of Japanese Art&apos. With the original front and rear wraps bound in.The very scarce 1874 catalogue of the Royal Academy of Arts's exhibition of 'The Works of the Late Sir Edwin Landseer&apos. With the original front and rear wraps bound in.A very scarce 1879 'Catalogue of the Maps, Plans, and Views of London and Westminster' collected by 'the Late Mr. Frederick Crace&apos. With the original front and rear wraps bound in.A fascinating collection offering insight into the exhibitions held in London in the late nineteenth century. In a cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light fading to spine. Head of rear joint starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Publisher's original front and rear wraps bound in. Loss to head of one wrap. Pages lightly age toned, but generally clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: gustave dore catalogue of arts and sciences japanese art round the world catalogue of arts and sciences Not Stated
Price: GBP 650.00 = appr. US$ 928.19 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 880F40
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