Notes on Some of The Principle Pictures Exhibited In The Rooms of The Royal Academy
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1855 onward. 3/4 calf over brown marbled boards. Various page lengths. Internally VG, rear cover is off, leather is scuffed. Item #100063
This is a bound volume containing the "Notes" for the years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1875. The edition for 1855 is the third edition, withg Supplement; it is 40 pp. The issue for 1856 is Sixth edition, with Postscript, and is 50 pp. The issue for 1857 is the second edition, and is 60 pp. The issue for 1858 is apparently the first edition, and is 64 pp. The issue for 1859 is also apparently the first edition, and is 56 pp. The final issue in this volume, that for 1875, is the third edition and is 61 pp. with a page of publishers advertisements following it. Altogether, a very rare collection worthy of being re-bound. Some of the later issues also include notes on the Old and New Societies of Painters in Water Coulours, The Society of British Artists, and The French Exhibition.
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