Memoirs of the early Italian painters and of the progress of painting in Italy.
London.
Charles Knight & Co., 1845.
First edition.
12mo.
Two volumes bound as one. 232; 272pp. With numerous engraved portraits in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, Near contemporary bookplate to FEP.
The first edition of art historian Anna Jameson's (1794-1860) biographical sketches of Italian painters, particularly those of the Renaissance, including Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
£ 50.00
Antiquates Ref: 24923
