SOLLY, N. Neal MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF DAVID COX. With Selections from his Correspondence and some Account of his Works , London: Chapman and Hall, 1873.

First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.. Full-leather. Top gilt edge. Bevelled edges. Has been re-bound on the spine and new endpapers. Outer corner edges are a little rubbed. There is foxing around the sepia illustrations (but not on the illustrations), the pages on either side of these illustrations also have foxing, no foxing on the other illustrations, some of the text pages have a few spots of foxing. Illustration page opposite page 60 has ½" tear at front edge (not on illustration). A really good tight book. 339pp. With 22 photograph plates of the artist's work, plus 8 pages of letters, of which 3 contain sketches. Appendices: Drawing exhibited in the Water-colour Society, 1813 to 1859 - Notice of Sales of Drawings and Sepias, 1856 to 1872 - Critique of the Exhibition in the German Gallery, 1859. David Cox was a Member of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours. Cox's life from 1783 to his last years at Harborne, 1855 to 1869. (10½"h x 7½"w) (26.5cms x 19cms) approx. (Book ref. 7651 )  £ 95.00

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