I have here for sale a book entitled THE ART JOURNAL New Series published by J S Virtue & Co. Limited, London, in 1895.  First edition.

"The Art Journal" was the most important British 19th century magazine on art.  It was founded in 1839 by Hodgson and Graves, print publishers, with the title "Art Union Monthly Journal", (or "The Art Union); the first issue of 750 copies appearing on 15 February 1839.  It was published in London but its readership was global in reach.  Samuel Carter Hall came on board as Editor and then became a proprietor.  George Virtue bought a share of the business in 1848 and they renamed the periodical "The Art Journal" in 1848.  

This edition includes 7 full-page Etchings, 5 full-page Photogravures, 12 full-page Tinted Plates, and numerous in-text b/w illustrations.  There are articles on Yorkshire Crafts-Woollens and Worsteds; the House of a Japonist Collector; Sir Noel Paton; Randolph Caldecott; glass painters; Hastings: Old and New; the Making of Tapestry and Brussels Carpets; Axminster carpets; the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Rye and Winchelsea; and Seaford. At the end of the book there is an Art & Industries Supplement to The Art Journal.

 Half bound burgundy leather on burgundy hardboards with gilt edging and a gilt decorative motif on the front board.  Minor marks and some wear to the leather.  Five raised bands with a black title block, gilt lettering and gilt decoration on the spine.  Gilt page edges and yellow endpapers.  Light foxing to some pages.  All pages are tight and the book is in very good condition.  vi, 380 pages, plus Supplement xx pages.  32.5 x 25.5 cm.

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Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK.  If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.