You would like to make a collection of old miniatures, did I hear my reader say? and you want to know the best way to set about it? Well, I can suggest one way: it is to become a millionaire, and let it be known that you are interested in miniatures, then you will find that a collection can easily be made, and not only so, but people will actually make it for you, with an alacrity, ingenuity, and industry which may surprise you. Should you further inquire what the collection would be like when made, my reply would be: that ...
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You would like to make a collection of old miniatures, did I hear my reader say? and you want to know the best way to set about it? Well, I can suggest one way: it is to become a millionaire, and let it be known that you are interested in miniatures, then you will find that a collection can easily be made, and not only so, but people will actually make it for you, with an alacrity, ingenuity, and industry which may surprise you. Should you further inquire what the collection would be like when made, my reply would be: that depends upon your own taste, intelligence, knowledge of art in general, and of miniature painting in particular; upon the depth of your purse-and, I had almost said, on your luck. Let me take that last-named qualification first, and illustrate what I mean by luck in relation to a collection of miniatures. Some years ago the father of the present Duke of Buccleuch took to collecting miniatures, and the agent he employed to purchase them was the late Mr. Dominic Colnaghi, into whose shop there walked one day a man who said he had some little pictures to sell that he had bought with a "job lot" of old silver and gold from a working jeweller.
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Add this copy of Chats on Old Miniatures to cart. $18.73, fair condition, Sold by Victoria Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bere Alston, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1908 by london Unwin 1908.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Chats on Old Miniatures to cart. $28.47, Sold by J. Patrick McGahern Books, Inc rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ottawa, ON, CANADA, published by New York. Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers. 1908.
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New York. Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers. 1908
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1st Edition
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New York. Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers. 1908
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English
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16851154415
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Tall8vo. 23cm, first US edition, 374p., with 8 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 116 monochrome illustrations, bibliography, index, full white cloth, beveled boards, oval colour portrait plate in gilt border, laid down upper cover, gilt titles, t.e.g., scattered foxing, binding dust worn, heraldic book plate, a very good copy (art). ~ A well illustrated study of the collecting of miniatures inspired by the Exhibition of Works of Art of the Eighteenth Century at the French National Library in 1906. With chapters on Holbein, Hilliard, Oliver, Hoskins, Cooper, Petitot, Conway and the French school of miniature painters. Excellent reference.
Add this copy of Chats on Old Miniatures to cart. $38.00, good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 1908 by T Fisher Unwin, London.
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Good. No Jacket. 374 pages (complete). Of interest is the Ex-Libris plate on the inside front cover. This indicates that the book hailed from the library of George Charles Williamson-one of the most esteemed art historians of the early twentieth century. The book notes the shelf number in his library. The book has a shabby chic. The lavender cover with illustrated imbedded is pretty. It has wear and scuffing and handling marks. The titling is in gilt that beams dully. Inside, the pages are benign and comfortable. They are clean, clear and subtly assured. fk.
Add this copy of Chats on Old Miniatures to cart. $60.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1923 by T. Fisher Unwin.
Add this copy of Chats on Old Miniatures to cart. $63.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
Add this copy of Chats on Old Miniatures (1908) to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1908 by T. Fisher unwin.
