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    By Henry Blackburn
    London   Chatto & Windus
    8" by 5.5" 80, 116, 40 pp.
    A richly illustrated 1879 catalogue by Henry Blackburn, illustrations concise notes on the National Gallery’s holdings when the Trafalgar Square collection was still relatively small.
    By Henry Blackburn

    1879 A Complete Illustrated Catalogue to the National Gallery

    London   Chatto & Windus
    8" by 5.5" 80, 116, 40 pp.
    A richly illustrated 1879 catalogue by Henry Blackburn, illustrations concise notes on the National Gallery’s holdings when the Trafalgar Square collection was still relatively small.
    £37.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 974H10
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    Description

    Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

    In the publisher's original red cloth binding.

    This volume presents the holdings of the National Gallery as they stood in the late 19th century, when the Trafalgar Square institution was still comparatively small but already world-renowned.

    The catalogue combines concise descriptions of each painting with 242 illustrations throughout, intended to give readers both a reference and a souvenir. Works are arranged by school and artist: Italian masters, Dutch and Flemish painters, the Spanish school, and the growing British collection.

    Henry Blackburn (1830–1897) was a Victorian British art critic, editor, and writer best known for his illustrated travel books and exhibition catalogues.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to extremities and spine. spine slightly cockled. One or two minor spots of damp staining to boards. One or two slight spots of blistering to rear board. Previous owner's small inscription to front free endpaper. Slight fading to endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound, but disbound in places: Pages 9-10 fully disbound. Pages 7-10 of the second half fully disbound, with the first four pages missing. Pages 71-74 of the second half fully disbound. Rust stains from stapled binding. Hinges strained in places, particularly between pages 14-15 and at the rear to the beginning of the publisher's advertisements, with binding martials exposed, chipping to paper at gutter and rust staining, but holding. Pages generally bright and clean with scattered spotting to first and last few leaves.

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