Gainsborough et sa Place dans l'Ecole Anglaise
Paris: Hachette et Cie. 1899. First French edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. VI, [4], 220pp. Uncut. Contemporary floral cloth with gold lettering on title label laid on spine. Decorative endpapers. Frontispiece protected with a captioned tissue guard. Title page in red and black lettering. Remarkable work on Thomas Gainsborough's life and work, profusely illustrated with 62 heliogravures and 10 colored lithographs depicting some of the painter's most notable masterworks. Spine and edges of binding age-toned. Title label rubbed, thus affecting gold lettering. Head of spine slightly chipped. Very minor age toning along paper margin. Binding in overall fair, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Item #30736
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