Memorial catalogue of the French and Dutch loan collection, Edinburgh International Exhibition, 1886
1888, 1st edition. Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press by T.&A. Constable and Published by David Douglas. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth; elevated motif to the front board. Plates accompanied by guard sheets. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #315096
Physical description: xxxvii, [3], 132, [2] p., [15] leaves of plates: ill.; 35 cm. Notes:
"The note on Romanticism, the biographies and the descriptions of the pictures are by William Ernest Henley. The etchings and sketches are by William Hole, A.R.S.A., and Philip Zilcken, The Hague. The etching no. 108 is the gift of Bernardus Joh. Blommers" -- P. [i]. "This edition consists of 520 copies, of which nos. 1 to 100 are large paper with etchings on Japanese" -- T.p. verso. Title in red and black.
Plates of etchings accompanied by guard sheets. List of etchings, p. vii, after Corot, Diaz, Dupre é, Jacque, Monticelli, Rousseau, Blommers, Bosboom, Israels, Jacobus Maris, Matthy ÿs Maris, Mauve. Introd. by W.E. Henley. Subjects: Edinburgh International Exhibition (1886); Catalogs. Edinburgh International Exhibition. Romanticism in art France; Catalogs. Romanticism in art Netherlands; Catalogs.
Art, French 19th century; Catalogs. Art, Dutch; Catalogs. Artists France; Biography. Artists Netherlands; Biography. Romanticism in art; Catalogs. Other names: Henley, William Ernest 1849-1903. Hole, William 1846-1917. Zilcken, Ph. 1857-1930. T. & A. Constable (Firm: Edinburgh). Genre: Biography. Catalogue. Illustrated.
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