The English miniature
1981, First Edition. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press. Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; bookplate of Capt Richard Campbell, OBE, RN. Item #477309
ISBN: 0300027788
Physical description; vi, 230 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm. Notes; Published to coincide with an exhibition organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum and held in North America, December 1981 – September 1982. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Preface / John Murdoch – The Craft of the Miniaturist / Jim Murrell – From Manuscript to Miniature / Roy Strong – The Seventeenth-Century Enlightenment / John Murdoch – Miniatures on the Market / Patrick J. Noon – Abbreviations – Notes to the Text – Index – Photographic acknowledgments. Subjects; Portrait miniatures, English – Exhibitions. Miniature painting – England – 16th-19th centuries – Exhibitions.
Price: €12.95