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A BEAUTIFUL SET IN FULL STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO

Anecdotes of Painting in England; With some Account of the Principal Artists.

London: Shakespeare Press, for John Major, 1826-1828. 5 volume set, 10 inches tall. A beautiful later straight grain morocco binding by Riviere with gilt bands on green calf on a smooth back and gilt tooling to the panels. Triple gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Slight rubbing, but a fine clean set. Illustrated with 80 fine full page engraved portraits. Horace Walpole was an English politician, art historian and antiquarian, celebrated for writing this great work of art history and the first Gothic novel, 'The Castle of Otranto'.

Book ID: 6062
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