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Altre immaginiThe Art Treasures Examiner - A Pictorial, Critical, And Historical Record Of The Art Treasures Exhibition, At Manchester, In 1857
Linton, W J - Linton, H - Smythe, F J - Langton, R - Morton, R - Jewsbury, T S - Carbonneau, M - Facnion, M [illustrators]
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Alexander Ireland & Co, 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son, 186 Strand 1857
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
Da: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Regno UnitoEastleach Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 178,02
EUR 16,22 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. Half calf over silk, G+. viii+300pp, 2 chromolithographic frontis, b/w plan, 32 fulll page b/w engraved illustrations & 120+ b/w illustrations in the text, leather grubby & worn at the edges, glue? splash to the rar cover, some slight marking & staining to the contents, occasional offsetting,…but generally a nice copy of an unaccountably scarce item. A bound copy of a weekly souvenier publication which was produced to mark the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition which was held in Manchester. It remains the largest art exhibition ever to be held in the UK ( if not the World ) with over 16,000 exhibits. It attracted over 1.3 million visitors in the 142 days it was open. The two chromolithographs show the building - a temporary iron-and-glass structure similar to the Crystal Palace in London, 656 feet long and 200 feet wide, with one central barrel vault 56 feet wide. Its selection and display of artworks had a formative influence on the public art collections that were then being established in the UK, such as the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. 1475 grams.
Altre immaginiThe Art Treasures Examiner - A Pictorial, Critical, And Historical Record Of The Art Treasures Exhibition, At Manchester, In 1857
Linton, W J - Linton, H - Smythe, F J - Langton, R - Morton, R - Jewsbury, T S - Carbonneau, M - Facnion, M [illustrators]
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Alexander Ireland & Co, 22 Market Street Manchester & W H Smith & Son, 186 Strand 1857
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
Da: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, Regno UnitoEastleach Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 237,36
EUR 16,00 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, G+. viii+300+[4]pp, 2 chromolithographic frontis, b/w plan, 32 fulll page b/w engraved illustrations & 120+ b/w illustrations in the text, index, all edges gilt, pastedown gutter cracked, cloth grubby & worn at the edges, some slight marking & staining to the contents, occasional offset…ting, but generally a nice copy of an unaccountably scarce item. A bound copy of a weekly souvenier publication which was produced to mark the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition which was held in Manchester. It remains the largest art exhibition ever to be held in the UK ( if not the World ) with over 16,000 exhibits. It attracted over 1.3 million visitors in the 142 days it was open. The two chromolithographs show the building - a temporary iron-and-glass structure similar to the Crystal Palace in London, 656 feet long and 200 feet wide, with one central barrel vault 56 feet wide. Its selection and display of artworks had a formative influence on the public art collections that were then being established in the UK, such as the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. 1425 grams.
