Item #003730 A General Dictionary of Painters, containing Memoirs of the Lives and Works of the most Eminent Professors of the Art of Painting from the Revival, by Cimabue, in the year 1250, to the present time. Matthew Pilkington.

A General Dictionary of Painters, containing Memoirs of the Lives and Works of the most Eminent Professors of the Art of Painting from the Revival, by Cimabue, in the year 1250, to the present time.

London: Thomas Tegg, 1829. Hardcover. 2 volumes, xxxi, 527p; 601p. Contemporary quarter calf with marbled boards and richly gilt spines. Green morocco labels. A new revised edition. First published in 1770. This the revised edition with twenty-six new lives added by Allan Cunningham. Further revisions were published in 1840 and 1852. Lowndes IV p1866. A remarkably fresh clean copy in a well preserved binding with only foxing to the front and end blanks. Light nominal rubbing to the hinges. Very Good. Item #003730

8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Price: $150.00

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