Women Painters of The World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463 to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day; (Series: The Art and Life Library, Volume III)
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1905. Softcover. Green paper on stiff paper. In stiff paper protective portfolio. Gray-on-white decorated endpapers. 332 pp. 7 color, 44 bw plates. Fair, cover faded and showing wear near edges, with some chips, spine split several places, including loss at tail of spine, text block and pages near front and back foxed. Text pages slightly aged-darkened. Plates bright. Binding fragile. Ex-library-portfolio has label. Bookplate inside is unattached. Item #5388.1
Chapters include: Women Painters in Italy Since the Fifteenth Century; Early British Women Painters; Modern Women British Painters; Women Painters In The United States of America; On Women Painters In France; Women Painters in Belgium and In Holland; Women Painters in Germany and Austria, In Russia, Switzerland and Spain; Some Finnish Women Painters. Top edge gilt. Not as much text as one would hope for, but very nice plates and an index.
Price: $29.97