The beauties of Moore : a series of portraits of his principal female characters, from paintings by eminent artists, made expressly for the work / engraved by, or under the immediate superintendence of, Mr. Edward Finden ; with describtive letterpress
1846, First Edition. London : Chapman and Hall. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Item #270313
Physical description; [54] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 38 cm. Notes; Added title-page, engraved, with vignette portrait of Thomas Moore, dated 1845. Descriptive letterpress by Anna Maria Hall. Also issued in 1846 under title: The poet's gallery of beauty. Each plate with guard sheet and two pages of text. Subjects; Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) — Characters — Women — Illustrations. Women in art. Women in literature. Beauty, Personal. Genres; Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €295.00