The Gallery of Modern British Artists (1835)

with 76 engravings from work by J M W Turner, David Roberts, John Sell Cotman etc

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Printing Details

First edition. Two volumes in one. Hardback, half-leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Page edges marbled. Gilt titling and design to spine. 28 × 21.5cm, iv + 68pp.

A collection of steel engravings of works by the (then) modern British artists. The book has an engraved vignette frontispiece and engraved title page, followed by 76 high quality engravings from artists such as J M W Turner, David Roberts, John Sell Cotman, David Cox, Samuel Prout, and George Cattermole to name but a few. Each engraving is accompanied by a brief text which was believed to be provided by the architect W B Clarke.

Condition

Good condition. The leather is rubbed to the joints and spine ends, the contents a little tanned and foxed to the margins. Some offsetting from darker prints but otherwise a very good collection of plates.

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