Evelyn a benson (7 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to (270 x 220 mm), xxvi, 229, [1]pp., frontispiece, many full page illus in Sepia on thin card. Original publisher's vellum backed blue boards lettered gilt at the spine. A printed tipped in note states: '.this is one of 125 copies on hand made paper of this illustrated edition.' Robert and Evelyn Benson association copy with their attractive circular bookplate and a note presumably in one of their hands saying the book had been given ('d.d.') to Mabell Countess of Airlie with sentiments signed in capitals by the Bensons in Latin Greek and Italian (('Dove L'Amore L'Occhio Corre') A Descriptive catalogue of 114 Italian pictures in the collection of the Benson's. "Despite the publication of his catalogue, Benson's collection is not well known today, probably because it was never the subject of a spectacular auction sale. [Joseph] Duveen bought the entire collection in 1927 and sold most of it to his American customers. Today Benson's pictures are dispersed across many leading museums in North America."Stourton & Sebag-Montefiore. Stourton & Sebag-Montefiore, The British as Art Collectors, pp. 252-53 Mabell Frances Elizabeth Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie (ne Gore; 10 March 1866 Ð 7 April 1956), was a British courtier, socialite, nurse and author. Blue boards slightly spotted and slightly rubbed. Cream vellum gilt lettered spine clean and bright. Very good.…

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.