Wise Thomas J Ames 1859 (1 results)

xiii, [1 (Errata)], 57, [3] pp (including Index). Facsimile letter as frontispiece. 8vo. "Ernest Chesneau was the author of La Peintre Anglaise, which was published in England in 1885 as The English School of Painting, with a preface by John Ruskin. Ruskinâs twenty letters to Chesneau were written between 1867 and 1883, and contain many interesting passages devoted to Ruskinâs philosophy of art, and his opinions of various painters." [as quoted on RBH]. Minor wear. Bookseller ticket to front paste-down. A VG+ - Nr Fine copy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Bevelled boards 1st Edition (NCBEL III, 1354; Pariser 156; Todd 213d). "The impression of this book is limited to a few copies for private circulation only."-- Page [v]; according to Pariser & Todd, this 33 cc on Whatmann paper.…