Mark Laird; Alicia Weisberg-Roberts — Mrs. Delany and Her Circle

New Haven; London, Yale University Press, 2009 . First edition. Cloth. A first edition, richly illustrated Yale University Press exhibition catalogue exploring the art and social world of Mary Delany. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. First edition.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Edited by Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts, this Yale University Press publication accompanied the landmark exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art and the British Museum.A richly illustrated exhibition catalogue exploring the life, art, and social world of Mary Delany (1700–1788), famed for her exquisite botanical collages and connections with Georgian Britain"s artistic and intellectual elite, figures such as Handel, Swift, and the Duchess of Portland. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to extremities and spine. One or two of the slightest handling marks to boards. The slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in one or two chips and closed tears to tail of spine. Closed tearing to upper portion of the back flap of wrap at joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Mary Delany. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.