Exhibition of pictures, drawings & photographs of works of the school of Ferrara-Bologna, 1440-1540 : also of medals of members of the houses of Este and Bentivoglio
1894, First Edition. London : Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over beveled boards. Some rubbing and dust-dulling to the spine and edges, with minor scuffs to the panels. Internally, the prelims are significantly foxed, but the main text remains notably fresh: pages are generally bright and clean with only minor marginal smudges, the binding is tight, and all plates retain their original letterpress tissue guards. Item #452573
Physical description; xxxvi, 1 leaf, 57, [1] pages, XXII plates (including portraits). Notes; Historical preface signed: Adolfo Venturi. Introduction signed: R.H. Benson. "Catalogue raisonné of works by masters of the school of Ferrara-Bologna. Compiled from ... writings of Cavaliere Professor Venturi and other authorities", signed H.F.C. (i. e. Herbert F. Cook). Subjects; Art, Italian -- Italy -- Ferrara -- Exhibitions. Art, Renaissance -- Italy -- Ferrara -- Exhibitions. Painting, Renaissance -- Italy -- Ferrara -- Exhibitions. Drawing, Renaissance -- Italy -- Ferrara -- Exhibitions. Artists -- Italy -- Ferrara. Este family. Bentivoglio family.
Price: €225.00