The graphic arts : a treatise on the varieties of drawing and painting in comparison with each other and with nature, 1881-1882.

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The graphic arts : a treatise on the varieties of drawing and painting in comparison with each other and with nature, 1881-1882.

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Original bound handwritten manuscript (1881) accompanied by a bound set of proof sheets (1882) and a copy of the published book published under the title The graphic arts, a treatise on the varieties of drawing, painting, and engraving, in comparison with each other and with nature (1882). The manuscript has large blank inner margins and contains corrections, deletions, additional paragraphs and footnotes. In addition to these annotated changes, there are further significant differences between the manuscript and the published book. Bound at the back of the manuscript is the Sotheby's sale catalogue of Hamerton's library, 26 November 1895.

manuscript 1 v. (762 leaves) ; 35.6 x 22.9 cm.galley proofs xvi, 384 p. ; 22.9 x 30.8 cm.publication xvi, 384 p., [54] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894?

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Philip Gilbert Hamerton was an English artist, critic, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Intellectual Life. Born in Lancashire, his mother died in childbirth, and Hamerton was raised by aunts. Although prepared for Oxford, he eschewed higher education, and studied painting, specializing in landscapes. He found himself more suited to writing, and wrote essays, articles, criticism, autobiography, and even a few novels, writing about many topics but chiefly painting. He was also editor...