[Rarebooks] FS: 1846 Artists of America -3 Softcover Issues

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

1846 Artists of America -3 Softcover Issues of Important American 
Artists Series

The Artists of America: A Series of Biographical Sketches of American 
Artists; with Portraits and Designs on Steel. By C. Edwards Lester.  
Published in New York by Baker & Scribner in 1846.

Three single issues of this serial, covering Washington Allston (#1), 
Benjamin West & Gilbert Stuart (#3), and Rembrandt Peale & Thomas 
Crawford {#5). The series was also published in a collected edition as 
hardcover book, and is one of the most important antebellum publications 
on American artists.

These single, paper-bound issues are seldom seen in the marketplace.

3 softcovers. 6”x9”. 32 + 67 + 58 pages, plus 5 portrait plates. Some 
cover wear, light soil, minor spotting. [42946]  $350

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