The fifty-fourth volume of the Walpole Society, 1988
1991, First Edition. Leeds : Printed for the Walpole Society by W.S. Maney & Son. Near fine copy bound in quarter buckram over title blocked cloth with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Spine and hinge starting. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #346908
Series; Volume of the Walpole Society ; ISSN: 0141-0016 ; 54th. Physical description; xii, 518 p., 18 p. of plates : ill., ports., facsim., geneal. table ; 28 cm. Notes; "Issued only to subscribers." Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; George Vertue, art historian, and art institutions in London, (1689-1768) / by Ilaria Bignamini -- Lord Shaftesbury in Naples, (1711-1713) / by Sheila O'Connell -- Arthur Pond's journal of receipts and expenses, (1734-1750) / by Louise Lippincott -- William Peckitt's commission book, (1751-1795) / by Trevor Brighton -- Wiliam Musgrave's 'lists of portraits' / by Arline Meyer. Subjects; Vertue, George (English printmaker and antiquary, 1684-1756). Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713). Pond, Arthur (English painter, printmaker, and print publisher, ca. 1705-1758) ; Account books. Peckitt, William (British glass painter, 1731-1795). Musgrave, William Sir (1735-1800). Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713). Vertue, George (1684-1756). Walpole Society (Great Britain) ; Periodicals. Art Great Britain. Art Great Britain History. Arts England Addresses, essays, lectures. Artists, English. London (England) History. Genres; Biography. Catalogue. Illustrated. Letter.
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