1900s Decorative Leather Book, Meynell's Children of the Old Masters (Italian School)

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Meynell, Alice. Children of the Old Masters (Italian School).

London: Duckworth and Company, 1903. 4to; 86 pp. Red morocco, gilt … Read more Meynell, Alice. Children of the Old Masters (Italian School).

London: Duckworth and Company, 1903. 4to; 86 pp. Red morocco, gilt lettered spine, boards with triple blind border, light damp-stained with some color loss and fine tears at extremities, full gilt leaf edge, text interspersed with 56 full-page black and white photogravures including a tissue guarded frontispiece, illustrated by Walker, Cockerell, Houghton and Alinari. Very good. $150.

Photogravures include paintings and sculptures by Donatello, Tacopo della Querela, Luca della Robbia, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Mantegua, Titian, Perugino, Raphael, and more. See less