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Price: US$74.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (The first edition was published in 1771) This is volume 2 only. Quarto, 10 1/4" tall, 357 pages + 45 plates (complete-43 listed plus 2), three-quarter leather over marbled boards. A good copy overall, generally clean but shelf worn, hinges cracked, front cover loosening at the hinge, fore-corner tips worn through to boards, marbling faded, worn and stained,; internal binding tight, paper just lightly yellowed with a damp stain to the bottom margins of the frontmatter not affecting text or illustration. Engraved plates bright. The condition of this volume is well worth the cost of restoration.
Seller: Avenue Victor Hugo Books, Newmarket, NH, U.S.A.
Ireland, John. Hogarth Ilustrated. J. & J. Boydell, London, 1793.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two volumes. (A third, supplemental volume, was issued later). Handsome three quarter leather with marbled boards. Some external cracking of front hinge of volume one, but internal strong and holding. Raised bands, with gilt lettering and tooling. cxxiii, 223; 357, 8. 87 steel engravings, 44 in volume one, 43 in volume two, complete.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
John Ireland. Hogarth Illustrated. J & J Boydell, London, 1793.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hogarth Illustrated. The Second Edition, corrected. [in two volumes, with] A Supplement. HOGARTH). IRELAND, John. Bookseller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB (London, LON, United Kingdom) Bookseller Rating: 4-star rating Quantity Available: 1 Add Book to Shopping Basket Price: US$ 239.19 Convert Currency Shipping: US$ 10.84 From United Kingdom to U.S.A. Destination, Rates & Speeds London: J. & J. Boydell. vols 1 & 2 and The Author Aoppendix -98, 1793. Together 3 vols. large 8vo. (24.5 x 15 cm.). Full period mottled tree calf with red morocco spine labels, chips to one spine, else nice, joints tender but holding, the copper plate engravings are clean with marbled endpapers, 133 (of 133) engraved illustrations Spines a little darkened, edge wear in these 18th century bindings, quite rare thus, the set is most often re bound to taste. A pretty trio of all three large 8vos with wonderful impressions of the master Hogarth as owned in the collection of the author. John Ireland.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
John Ireland. Hogarth Illustrated. J. and J. Boydell; G. and W. Nicol 1793-1804, London, 1793.
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The second edition of John Ireland's two volume study of the life and work of artist William Hogarth, presented alongside the second edition of the accompanying supplement volume. The 1793 second edition of the two volume 'Hogarth Illustrated', and the 1804 second edition of the supplementary volume. The work contains a detailed account of Hogarth's life, including his early years as an apprentice engraver, his rise to fame as a painter and engraver, and his later years as a successful artist and businessman. In addition to providing a biography of Hogarth and reproductions of his work, the Ireland also includes commentary on Hogarth's style and techniques, and his contributions to the world of art.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page to each volume. With a further forty-three plates to volume I, forty-three plates to volume II, and thirty-eight plates to volume III. Collated, complete.With the bookplate of C. H. Woodhouse to front pastedown of volume I, and the inscription of H Goodwin to the head of front free endpapers.ESTC reference for first two volumes T230570Lovely copies of these delightfully illustrated studies of Hogarth. In full tree calf bindings. Externally, smart, with rubbing to back strips and joints. Front hinge of volume I starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Ireland, John. Hogarth illustrated.. J.& J. Boydell, London, 1793.
Price: US$575.00 + shipping
Description: 2 vols. (223p, 357,8p.) Engraved t.-p., Portrait of Hogarth on t.-p. of v.1. Very good condition, marbled calf. hinges of v. 1 reglued
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.