The Turner Gallery

  • A Series of 120 Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner. Descriptive Text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse. Engraved portrait a
  • New York: Appleton, 1880
By (Turner, J.M.W) Monkhouse, W. Cosmo
New York: Appleton, 1880. A Series of 120 Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner. Descriptive Text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse. Engraved portrait and 120 steel-engraved plates after Turner. 2 vols. Folio. Full publisher’s brown morocco, slightly rubbed at edges, Vol. II front cover detached, a few marginal tears without loss in Vol. I and some slight waterstaining; despite these flaws, an attractive set, with plates clean and fresh. With the bookplate of the American Irish Historical Society in each volume. A Series of 120 Engravings from the Works of the Late J.M.W. Turner. Descriptive Text by W. Cosmo Monkhouse. Engraved portrait and 120 steel-engraved plates after Turner. 2 vols. Folio. Fine set of the superb engravings after Turner, and among the finest work of the finest of British steel engravers of the period.

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