Author: Henry Holiday
Title: Stained Glass As an Art
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1896. First edition. Leather. A very scarce volume on the art of stained glass by Henry Holiday, a smartly bound illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a chromolithograph folding frontispiece, one folding pate, nineteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. By leading stained-glass designer, this work is a detailed guide to the art, exploring the history of the medium, and its usage.An interesting volume on stained glass as an artistic expression and its historical evolution and stylistic changes. In particular, Holiday expresses the individuality of the art form.Henry Holiday was a painter who was much influenced the Pre-Raphaelites. From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, with his morocco bookplate to the front paste down. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart. Very light rubbing spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few scattered spots. Near Fine . Ill.: Henry Holiday; Edward Burne-Jones; W. B. Richmond. Near Fine .
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Title: Stained Glass As an Art
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1896. First edition. Leather. A very scarce volume on the art of stained glass by Henry Holiday, a smartly bound illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a chromolithograph folding frontispiece, one folding pate, nineteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. By leading stained-glass designer, this work is a detailed guide to the art, exploring the history of the medium, and its usage.An interesting volume on stained glass as an artistic expression and its historical evolution and stylistic changes. In particular, Holiday expresses the individuality of the art form.Henry Holiday was a painter who was much influenced the Pre-Raphaelites. From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey, with his morocco bookplate to the front paste down. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, smart. Very light rubbing spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with only a few scattered spots. Near Fine . Ill.: Henry Holiday; Edward Burne-Jones; W. B. Richmond. Near Fine .
Keywords: Stained Glass as an Art art stained glass henry holiday art Henry Holiday; Edward Burne-Jones; W. B. Richmond
Price: GBP 550.00 = appr. US$ 785.39 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 913P1
- Book number: 913P1
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