English Female Artists.
[Anthologies]. Clayton, Ellen C. English Female Artists. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1876.
2 vols., 8vo.; green cloth, elaborately stamped in gilt and black; spines a bit cocked; few pages distressed; else very pretty.
First edition of a handsome and early two volume work on British female visual artists. A mammoth scholarly effort on the part of feminist art history, the two volumes containing more than 800 pages of text collectively. This set was previously the property of New York’s Astor family, with Mrs. Astor’s signature in the front of each volume.
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