CORNER JOHN. PORTRAITS OF CELEBRATED PAINTERS with Medallions from their Best Performances, with Authentic Memoirs from Established Authorities. "London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green 1825 Tall 4to. (13 x 9 1/4 inches), newly bound inperiod style quarter morocco over marbled sides with hidden morocco corners, red morocco title label on the spine; all edges marbled. Some light, widespread foxing but generally a clean attractive copy. For each of the twenty-five artists represented, Mr. Corner has produced an engraved portrait within a frame, after an existing painting or drawing. In the lower margin of each, he has reproduced a miniature of one of the artists' well known works, or a detail there from. The engravings are printed on India paper, which has been pasted onto to the page opposite a short biography of the artist. The list of artists includes many of the world's best known painters from Europe and the United Kingdom: Vandyck, Titian, Raphæl, Durer, Holbein, Caracci, and Sir Peter Lely to mention but a few. A VERY NICE COPy of an uncommon title. A VERY TALL LARGE PAPER COPY" Price: USD 750.00 other currencies    inquire

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