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Book. Quarto; Limited edition, 600 copies; VG-; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print; Boards quarter bound with green leather to spine and cream cloth to boards, slight wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 45 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w and color). [Shelf: British Art] [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #3-5. 1363507. FP New Rockville Stock.
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VG. May have light dings or wear to cover edge. Tannish boards with green stripe at spine, gilt letters. 48 pp. Color & BW illus. Issued as a limited edition of 600 copies. Analysis of one work by English painter Francis Cotes (1726-1770): his portrait of William Earle Welby (1734-1815), of Denton, Lincolnshire and his first wife, Penelope (1737-1771), playing chess, before a draped curtain. "One of the most enchanting of late eighteenth-century marriage portraits. More than that, it is the first known chess-playing portrait in British art, unique among society paintings." With catalog text by Jenny Uglow.
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Near Fine. 0955536669. Hardcover in beige boards with dark green strip at spine. No dust jacket, as issued. First printing of first edition limited to 600 copies. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and two lightly bumped corners. Designed using a typeface called Nicolas Cochin, intended to echo the 18th-century subject matter of the book. Black-and-white and full-page color plates throughout. 4to. 48 pp. Including index. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U. S.
