TURNER, J.M.W.

Turner Gallery

TURNER, J.M.W. The Turner Gallery. A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings From the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner, R.A. The Descriptive Text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse. New York: D. Appleton, [circa 1880]. Two volumes. Folio, original full brown gilt- and blind-tooled morocco, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $2500. Later edition of this collection of 120 fine steel engravings by Turner, very handsomely bound in full publisher's morocco-gilt. "English illustration found its most typical expression in landscape, under the inspiration of Turner… Here we have no longer a second-rate version of a mere cosmopolitan art, but a school truly indigenous, both in its style and its technical means… Among the landscape etchers of the early 19th century [Turner is] the most distinguished artist of all" (Hind, 222, 242). Said Monkhouse: "no landscape-painter has equaled Turner in range, in imagination, or sublimity" (DNB). With decorative initials and tailpieces. Small paper shelf labels on inside paste-down. A fine copy.

• USD 2,500.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: 45415

• Antiquariat: Bauman Rare Books (USA)