1940s Illustrated Quarto, William Sidney Mount 1807-1868: An American Painter, Presentation Copy - 1 Book

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[Mount, William Sidney, Jr.] Cowdrey, Bartlett and Hermann Warner Williams, Jr. William Sidney Mount 1807-1868: An American Painter.

New York: … Read more [Mount, William Sidney, Jr.] Cowdrey, Bartlett and Hermann Warner Williams, Jr. William Sidney Mount 1807-1868: An American Painter.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1944, first edition, presentation copy. 4to; [xiii] 54 pp. Red cloth, text interspersed with more than 150 of Mount's genre and landscape paintings, and 78 reproductions, black and white illustrated dust jacket, handling wear with tears, chip and loss at head, mylar cover. Fine in a fair dust jacket. $125.

The first book to be devoted to his work, contains a biographical and critical essay. "...Catalogue features an index to mid-19th-century taste provided by the excerpts from contemporary criticism that accompany the entries." (Chase) (DJ) See less