[Rarebooks] FS: 1879 "Artists of Connecticut" - Superlative Copy

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"Art and Artists in Connecticut"

By H.W. French. Published in Boston by Lee and Shepard: 1879.

An early, quite comprehensive study which includes biographies of over 150
Connecticut painters and sculptors, both well-known and obscure, who lived
and worked between the late 18th century and the 1870s. Given this
time-frame, the compilers were able to "gather many personal recollections
concerning almost every artist, and the greater part of each history given
hereafter will be formed from entirely new matter. Every living artist has
been consulted, either personally or by letter; the former being the case
with a very large majority. If any thing in the coming papers shall prove
of value, it is due to the fact that hardly an artist who has been
consulted has expressed an unwillingness to assist...".

Hardcover. 7"x9", xiii + 176 pages, illustrated throughout with black &
white and illustrations. In the publisher's original highly-decorated red,
black & gilt pictorial covers. A very bright, clean, fresh copy with only
very minor wear and soil. Really in superlative condition.  $500.00

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