D. S. MacColl — Nineteenth Century Art

Glasgow , James MacLehose & Sons, 1902. First edition. Cloth. The scarce first limited edition in large paper of this illustrated study of nineteenth century art by D. S. MacColl. The first edition of this work. Scarce limited edition printed on large paper, this number one hundred and twenty two of three hundred and twenty printed for sale. With illustrations from pictures and objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901 by artists of the likes of Goya, Blake, Delacroix, Turner, Rousseau, Monet, Ingres, Millais, &c. Collated, complete with frontispiece and one-hundred full page plates. A study of 19th century art by Dugald Sutherland MacColl, Scottish watercolourist and art critic, keeper of the Tate Gallery for five years.With a chapter on early art history by sir T. D. Gibson-Carmichael. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally smart with minor shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine, boards lightly marked. Two plates to face p. 202 loose but present. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting scattered to occasional leaf only, although pages appear generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .