Jackson-Stops, Gervase]
The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting / edited by Gervase Jackson-Stops [exhibition catalogue]
First Edition Paperback Washington [D.C.] New Haven ; London : National Gallery of Art ; Yale University Press, 1985 Very Good
Author: | Jackson-Stops, Gervase] |
Full title: | The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting / edited by Gervase Jackson-Stops [exhibition catalogue] |
Publisher: | Washington [D.C.] New Haven ; London : National Gallery of Art ; Yale University Press, 1985 |
Edition: | First Edition |
Binding: | Paperback |
ISBN: | 0300035330 |
EAN: | 9780300035339 |
Pages: | 680 |
Book ID: | 223130 |
First Edition. Language: English. ISBN: 0300035330. EAN: 9780300035339.
Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 680 pages; Catalogue of a loan exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 3 Nov. 1985-16 March 1986. Text ed. by Gervase Jackson-Stops. Contents: Essays. Temples of the arts / Gervase Jackson-Stops -- The power house / Mark Girouard -- Portraiture and the country house / Oliver Millar -- The Englishman in Italy / Brinsley Ford -- The British as collectors / Francis Haskell -- The backward look / John Cornforth -- The last hundred years / Marcus Binney and Gervase Jackson-Stops -- The catalogue. From castle to country house -- The grand tour -- The gentleman collector -- The romantic vision. 680 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., music, ports. ; 28 cm. Subjects: Art - Collectors and collecting - Great Britain - History. Art patronage - Great Britain - Exhibitions.
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Book Condition: Very Good.
Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos.
BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 0300035330 EAN: 9780300035339 Jackson-Stops, Gervase] The Treasure houses of Britain : five hundred years of private patronage and art collecting / edited by Gervase Jackson-Stops [exhibition catalogue]
Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 680 pages; Catalogue of a loan exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 3 Nov. 1985-16 March 1986. Text ed. by Gervase Jackson-Stops. Contents: Essays. Temples of the arts / Gervase Jackson-Stops -- The power house / Mark Girouard -- Portraiture and the country house / Oliver Millar -- The Englishman in Italy / Brinsley Ford -- The British as collectors / Francis Haskell -- The backward look / John Cornforth -- The last hundred years / Marcus Binney and Gervase Jackson-Stops -- The catalogue. From castle to country house -- The grand tour -- The gentleman collector