Catalogue: Reference Books for Sale
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works. A Handbook. With Illustrations and Monograms.
by Clara Erskine Clement, Author of "A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art".
Second Edition. New York: Published by Hurh and Houghton. Cambridge : Riverside Press. 1875.
Book: 8vo (187 x 123mm). Cloth binding with gilt stamped title on spine, and stamped emblem on front cover. Binding worn on edges and corners.
An illustrated alphabetical handbook to artist and their works.
[Ref: 10201] £20.00
A Catalogue of the Etchings of Samuel Palmer
with Introduction, Notes, etc. by R.G. Alexander.
Publication Number Sixteen. The Print Collectors' Club. 5A Pall Mall East, London, S.W.I. MCMXXXVII. [1937].
Book: 8vo (249 x 186mm). Limited edition 355/375. Illustrated catalogue of 107 pages. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn. Some sporadic spotting.
Samuel Palmer (January 27, 1805 – May 24, 1881) was an English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in English Romanticism and produced visionary pastoral paintings.
[Ref: 10332] £120.00
Gainsborough and His Place in English Art with Forty-Eight Plates [Popular Edition].
by Sir Walter Armstrong
London: William Heinemann. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. MDCCCCIV [1904].
Book: 4to (239 x 153mm). Cloth binding with gilt patterning and floral designs on the front cover. Gilt title stamped into spine. 298 textual pages plus illustrations.
An illustrated narrative demonstrating Gainsborough's importance and contribution to English art.
[Ref: 10448] £40.00
Nicholas Hilliard.
by Erna Auerbach.
First published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Broadway house, 68-74 Carter Lane, London, E.C.4.
Book: 4to (249 x 186mm). Board binding with title stamped into spine in gilt. Complet with dust-jacket. 352 pages inclusive of illustrations. Dust jacket creased and worn.
An illustrated narrative of the life and works of Nicolas Hilliard. Ex Leggatts.
[Ref: 10429] £30.00
The Life of David Roberts, R.A. Compiled from his Journals and Other Sources with Etchings and Facsimiles of Pen-and-Ink Sketches by the Artist.
by James Ballantine.
Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge. MDCCCLXVI [1866].
Book: 4to (290 x 233mm). Cloth binding with 'David Roberts R.A.' stamped in gilt onto front cover, and title area stamped onto spine in gilt. 225 textual pages plus illustrations. Broken binding, some spotting.
A comprehensive narrative and catalogue of the life and works of David Roberts. Ex Leggatt.
[Ref: 10441] £250.00
Bartolozzi And his Works. A Biographical and Decriptive Account of the Life and Career of Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. (Illustrated) with some observations on The Present Demand for and Value of his Prints; the way to detect Modern Impressions from Worn-out plates and to recognise falsely-tinted Impressions; Deceptions attempted with Prints; Print Collecting, Judging, Handling, &c.; together with a List of upwards of 2,000 - the most extensive record yet complied - of the Great Engraver's Works. "Sous leurs heureuses mains le cuivre devient or." Vol. I.
by Andrew W. Tuer
London : Field & Tuer, ye Leadenhalle Presse. Hamilton, Adams & Co., Paternoster Row. New York : Scriber & Welford, 743 & 745 Broadway. [n.d. c.1885].
Book: Two Vols. 4to (284 x 219mm). Board binding with gilt title on spine and front cover, with small gilt crest in bottom right-hand corner. Rubbed, slightly torn binding with some spotting.
An illustrated catalogue of the life and works of Francesco Bartolozzi.
[Ref: 10199] £250.00
George Baxter (Colour Printer) His Life and Work. A Manual for Collectors
by C.T.Courtney Lewis
London. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ld. 1908.
Book: 8vo (195 x 132mm). Cloth binding gilt title area stamped into spine and frontcover. 276 textual pages plus illustrations. Binding worn and torn, pulling away from text. Some sporadic foxing.
An illustrated narrative of the life and work of George Baxter. A comprehensive and detailed guide to his artistic development.
[Ref: 10446] £95.00
Looking at Old Prints
John Booth
First Edition. Cambridge House Book. Westbury, Wiltshire, 1983.
Book: 4to (256 x 191mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped along spine. Complete with dustjacket. 202 pages including illustrations. Dustjacket a little dirty and scuffed, otherwise in fine condition.
An illustrated narrative that looks at the origins of printmaking in Britain; printmaking processes; print collecting; prints and print makers.
[Ref: 10462] £45.00
A Catalogue of Engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England; To which is added An Account of the Life and Works of the latter. And Art reflected Images to Art. ------ Pope.
Digested by Mr. Horace Walpole From the Mss. of Mr. George Vertue;
Strawberry-Hill : Printed in the Year MDCCLXIII [1763].
Book: 8vo (219 x 173mm). Moroccan leather spine with marble boards. Binding worn and stained.
An illustrated catalogue.
[Ref: 10208] £350.00
A Sketch of the Life and Work of Charles William Sherborn, Painter-Etcher with A Catalogue of his Bookplates, compiled by himself and George Heath Viner.
by His Son Charles Davies Sherborn.
London : Ellis, 29 New Bond Street. 1912.
Book: 8vo (215 x 168mm). Quarter cloth and paper covered boards. Gilt title stamped on spine. Binding worn.
A compilation of illustrations, biographical notes and a catalogue of the work of Charles William Sherborn.
[Ref: 10242] £140.00