Description
The life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. By Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Author of 'Etching and Etchers,' 'Thoughts about Art,' 'Modern Frenchmen,' etc, etc. With Nine Illustrations, Etched by A. Brunet-Debaines. Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street. London. MDCCCLXXIX. (1879). Paginates; [5], vi-xiii, [3], 1-398. p. Collates; 1/8-25/8. Last leaf is a blank. Complete, with 9 etched plates. Bound in contemporary gilt-lined half calf over marbled boards. The spine with six decorated compartments with five gilt-lined raised bands. With a red lettering piece in the second and third compartments. Rubbed, but over-all quite pleasing. Internally with matching marbled endpapers. Contemporary bookplate to George Cooke. Booksellers ticket Charles Hutt, Bookseller, Clement's Inn Gateway, London W.C. Internally intermittent light foxing, cotton paper remains supple with no browning. A nice copy of the London Edition. The volume measures 19.6 x 13 x 3 cm. Each leaf measures 187 x 126 mm.
