percy bate intro (2 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Limited Edition 282/300. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Split to top of spine. 460mm x 330mm (18" x 13"). 103pp. 26 full page plates, of which 8 are tinted. Plus numerous b/w illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Red hardback half-leather cover.

Leather. Condizione: Fine. Sir James Guthrie; Sir Geo. Reid; Oswald Birley; Robert Brough et al (illustratore). First edition. A beautifully bound full vellum example of Percy Bate's study of Scottish portrait painters, one of only twenty-five very scarce copies printed on Japanese vellum. A very scarce work.375 copies of this work were produced, with this being no. 18 of only 25 copies printed on Japanese vellum.In handsome full vellum binding.Illustrated with sixty-one plates complete with captioned tissue guards. Collated, complete.With examples of portraits from such Scottish artists as Sir James Guthrie, Sir Geo. Reid, Oswald Birley, Robert Brough and others.The introduction is the work of Percy H. Bate, Secretary of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine arts. In a full vellum binding, with extensive gilt detailing. Externally, excellent, with vellum lightly age toned, and with light spotting to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine. book.