The Art-Journal. New Series. 1855 - J. S. Virtue & Co Ltd., leather bound, RARE

 

A rare, complete edition from 1855 of the first volume in the Art Journal’s “New Series”. This features 24 engravings from the Royal Collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and 12 of sculptures. Additionally, 1855’s supplement celebrating The Paris Exhibition of Industrial Arts is present and complete at the volume’s rear. 

The Art Journal was the most important British 19th-century magazine on art. It was founded in 1839. It was published in London but its readership was global in reach. Hodgson & Graves hired Samuel Carter Hall as editor of Art Union Monthly Journal, assisted by James Dafforne. Hall soon became the principal proprietor but was unable to turn a profit on his own. The London publisher George Virtue bought a share of the business in 1848, with Hall remaining as editor, and they renamed the periodical The Art-Journal in 1849. 

 

Quarter leather bound hardback, decorated endpapers, gilt pages, 36 full page plates and hundreds of other illustrations, 320pp. + 46-page illustrated supplement, 8-page intro., 20-page appendix

 

Condition: Mostly good with some flaws - edgewear to covers and split to spine (though spine is attached firmly and not loose), good binding and mostly good to VG pages. Damage to page 189 and previous plate from spilled drink, minor age spotting and ageing to some pages and plates. All plates checked and present.

ISBN: N/A

 

Published:  London: Virtue, 1855

 

Weight: 2870 gms (over 3kg packed). NB: free postage inside Australia, due to weight this may be very expensive to send internationally.

 

Size: 33 x 25 cms.

 

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