Handbook of painting The Italian schools / translated, from the German of Kugler, by a lady ; edited, with notes, by Sir Charles L. Eastlake ; with more than one hundred illustrations, from the works of the old masters, drawn on wood, by George Scharf, Jun [complete in two volumes]
1855, Third Edition. London : J. Murray. Very good copies both in the original cloth-covered boards with raised bands and gilt blocking to spine, and all-gilt edges. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Front pastedowns abraded from removal of a label. Light foxing to prelims, with text blocks tight and strong. A well-preserved set overall. Item #451462
Physical description; Complete in 2 volumes (xxx, 583 pages, [109] leaves of plates (1 folded)) : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; "Essay on the first century of Italian engraving, by Francis Turner Palgrave": p. 517-556. Bibliography: p. xv-xxii. Subjects; Painting, Italian.
Price: €125.00