SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL ART selected from the best models of the classical epochs,

GRUNER, LUDWIG (1801-82)

Published by London Thomas M'Lean 1850, 1850

About this Item

Elephant folio 25x20 inches, Handsomely leather bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards. Gilt tooled spine. LACKS title page, contains 80 plates complete, 20 line engraved plates, 12 tinted or plain lithograph plates and 48 fine chromolithograph or two tone colour printed plates (these all tissue guarded). Some general spotting, occasionally heavy as often with this work. The quality and colour of a number of the chromolithograph plates is extremely good particularly the flowers and plates of Pompeian frescos. The binding also makes this a handsome shelf piece. A work intended as an educational aid for the applied arts.

Seller Inventory # 6903

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SPECIMENS OF ORNAMENTAL ART selected from the best models of the classical epochs,
• Publisher: London Thomas M'Lean 1850
• Publication Date: 1850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Art