Item #25907 The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; with remarks on his professional character, illustrative of his principles and practice. Joshua Reynolds, Henry William Beechey, memoir.

The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; with remarks on his professional character, illustrative of his principles and practice

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. Very Good. Item #25907

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1851. New and Improved Edition. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spines; viii,463; [4],495pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I. Cloth a bit rubbed at extremities, brief splitting at top half inch of Vol. I upper spine edge, dampstain to bottom gutter edge of frontispiece not affecting other leaves, modern (1988) ownership signature to front endpapers, else a Very Good, still quite attractive set in the publisher's cloth binding.

Complete literary output of the noted 18th century English portrait painter Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792).

Price: $50.00