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UP FOR AUCTION: RARE, LEATHER BOOK: GAINSBOROUGH and CONSTABLE : Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists (ENGLISH PAINTERS) by George Moss Brock-Arnold , Published by Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., London, UK, 1896, 1896 Edition, Printed by Richard Clay & Sons Ltd., London, UK, Bound by MUDIE, Leather Book, 128 Numbered Pages, This is an antique, original, 1896 book. It is well-illustrated, with 16 engraved plates of art. It is part of the "Illustrated Biographies of the Great Artists" series of books, published by Sampson Low, Marston, and Co., London, UK. The author of this book, George M. Brock-Arnold, was an art scholar from Hertford College, Oxford. The book begins with a 75-page, illustrated biography of Thomas Gainsborough. Then, it continues with a 50-page, illustrated biography of John Constable. Gainsborough and Constable each have 8 engraved artworks (on full pages and fold-out pages) . The book is indexed, it includes artist chronologies, and lists of the artists' artworks in public galleries in England. The book is finely bound in red-dyed full leather covers, with gilded decorations, raised bands on spines, red marbleized endpapers, and shiny page-edges. I do not know the meaning of the embossed/gilded letters, "A.G.H." (see pic), on the front cover. See actual book in ebay pics above. It is a nice, historic, original, vintage, book in quite clean, solid condition. Good Plus Condition [ Antique, 1896, full leather edition; Cover-edges are somewhat scraped, front cover has embossed/gilded initials "A.G.H.", spine-titles are fading, right edge of spine has .5 inch tear at top and .25 inch tear at bottom, left edge of spine has .5 inch tear at bottom only, both hinges are intact-but-showing binding, first 2 and last 3 white pages are lightly foxed, 5 or 6 other pages have light foxing on page-perimeters; otherwise, book is quite clean, solid, complete, sharply printed, and well-illustrated with 16 full-page and fold-out plates (see pics) ] 128 Numbered Pages ; approx. 7.75" x 5.5" x .75", finely bound in red-dyed full leather covers, with gilded decorations, raised bands on spines, red marbleized endpapers, and shiny page-edges, Finely Bound, Leather Book Welcome International ebay Shoppers. I will reduce price of combining shipping. Domestic shipping includes tracking. Please visit my other auctions, and email any questions. Thanks for looking!
Ram Thakerd4
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