The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds and the Lives of Famous Painters

to include:

Edmond Malone. THE WORKS OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, KNIGHT; LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. 3 vols. (complete). London: Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Second edition corrected. Gilt paneled speckled calf, spine with contrasting morocco labels, gilt, and raised bands, speckled edges. 8vo; cxxiv, 287 (i.e. 288); 427; 370pp. (some pages mis-numbered.) Vol. 1 with portrait frontispiece. Text in English. (Boards with light wear, some corners bumped, light cracking and rubbing at joints; vol. 2 with cracking at rear hinge; book label on paste-down of vol. 1; interiors lightly toned with staining from binder's glue, occasional offsetting, light grime, and minor foxing; overall crisp and unmarked pages; a very good set of the discourses of this famous English artist.)

Antoine-Joseph Dézallier d'Argenville. ABREGÉ DE LA VIE DES PLUS FAMEUX PEINTRES, AVEC LEURS PORTRAITS GRAVÉS EN TAILLE-DOUCE. 3 vols. (complete, with supplement). Paris: Chez De Bure l'Aîné, 1745-52. First edition. Cat's paw mottled leather, gilt stamped spine with labels and raised bands, all edges stained, with marbled endpapers. 4to; [8], xlviii, 443pp.; [2], viii, 483pp.; xviii, 322pp. With engraved portraits for most artists (some with frame lacking portrait head), tables, decorated initials, and ornaments. Text in French. (Boards with chips and cracks to leather, edgewear, corners rubbed, losses at head and tail of spines, joints rubbed with vol. 1 and vol. 3 joints cracking; old label residue at front paste-downs, vol. 2 free endpaper with manuscript; vol. 1 lacking frontispiece, cracking at front hinge, title page loose with losses, wormholes, and stamp, first several leaves with damp staining; vol. 2 title page with stamp; vol. 3 (supplement) with title page cut at upper margin not impacting text, cracking at front hinge, frequent damp staining, one leaf with repair at margin; interiors with pages lightly toned with occasional foxing, grime, small stain or tear, and marginalia; all volumes with one or more leaves with area of thinned paper.)
8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.; 10 3/8 x 8 in.
From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.
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