PRESENTATION COPY
Catalogue of the eastlake library in the national gallery.
London.
Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1872.
First edition.
8vo.
165pp, [3]. Recent red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, red cloth boards, T.E.G. Original publisher's wrappers bound in. Sunned, a trifle rubbed. Inked ownership inscription of the Burlington Fine Arts Club to head of upper wrapper. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title 'With the Director's compliments'.
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865).
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, a London-based gentlemen's club was founded in 1866; notable members included James McNeill Whistler, John Ruskin, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and, Edwin Lutyens. The club was dissolved in 1952.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 22626
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, a London-based gentlemen's club was founded in 1866; notable members included James McNeill Whistler, John Ruskin, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and, Edwin Lutyens. The club was dissolved in 1952.
