Dictionary of painters and engravers : biographical and critical / by Michael Bryan. New edition revised and enlarged / edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Walter Armstrong
1895, New Edition. London : George. Bell and Sons, 1893-95. Good copies in the original gilt-blocked, leather backed boards. The spine edges of volume 1 are considerably worn and repaired with tape. Text block intact. Spine bands and panel edges of volume 2 are slightly dust-toned and rubbed, with some minor edge nicks to the spine extremities. Generalized surface wear evident to boards of both volumes. Remains quite well-preserved. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm. Subjects: Painters -- Dictionaries. Engravers -- Dictionaries. Notes: "For the present edition ... the two editors thus divide the responsibility: for the general form of the work, as well as the whole of the first volume and the letter L in the second volume, Mr. R.E. Graves is responsible; for the rest, Mr. Walter Armstrong." --preface of v. 1, pt. 1. "New edition 1889. Reprinted 1893-1895." Includes plates detailing monograms of painters and engravers at end of volume 2. Item #203680
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