The likeness of Christ : being an inquiry into the verisimilitude of the received likeness of Our Blessed Lord / by the late Thomas Heaphy ; edited by Wyke Bayliss, F.S.A
1880, First Edition. London : David Bogue. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked boards; stained, wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Item #295641
Physical description; [5] preliminary leaves, 78 pages, [12] leaves of color plates : illustrations ; 46 cm. Notes; "A portion of the work originally appeared [in the Art Journal] in a series of papers entitled 'An examination into the antiquity of the likeness of Our Blessed Lord.'"--Pref. No plate is signed. The text printer is named in the colophon: 'Chiswick Press: - Charles Whittingham, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.' [In 1880 the Chiswick Press was taken over by publisher George Bell.] Subjects; Jesus Christ ; Art. Jesus Christ Iconography. Jesus Christ. Christian art and symbolism - Iconography - History. Portraits - Paintings, Roman - Frescoes - Mosaics, Roman - Catacombs - Churches - Italy - Rome - History. Genres; Art history - Great Britain - 19th century. Art. Gold blocked bindings - Specimens - Great Britain - 1880. Illustrated. Pictorial works - Color printing - Great Britain - 19th century.
Price: €525.00