Edward Finden / BEAUTIES OF MOORE SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF HIS PRINCIPAL FEMALE

Description: The Beauties of Moore : A Series of Portraits of his Principal Female Characters : from Paintings by Eminent Artists, Executed expressly for the work ... With a Memoir of the Poet, and Descriptive Letterpress Author: Finden, Edward (engraved by, or under immediate superintendence of); [Thomas Moore] Title: The Beauties of Moore : A Series of Portraits of his Principal Female Characters : from Paintings by Eminent Artists, Executed expressly for the work ... With a Memoir of the Poet, and Descriptive Letterpress Publication: London: John Tallis and Company, 1853. Binding: Hardcover Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Description: Tone and foxed, free endpapers creased, shelfworn with corner wear, blotted owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Leather spine and corners with gold tooling. 49 steel engravings including extra illustrated title page with portrait of Thomas Moore. Each plate of female character in Moore's poetry has an accompanying short critical commentary on that beauty. Undated, publisher's name 1850-1854. Added steel-engraved illustrated title-page plate with imprints: "Portrait Painted by Sir T. Lawrence, Border by J. Marchant" and "Engraved by E. Finden." Includes "Life of Thomas Moore.": pages [v]-viii. Plates are engraved by W. Edwards, E. Finden, W. Holl, W.H. Mote, T.W. Knight, H. Hall, F. Holl, H. Robinson, W.H. Egleton, W. Gibbs, J. Thompson or H.S. Ball after W.P. Frith, Sir Thomas Lawrence, J. Wood, E.M. Ward, A. Elmore, W. Fisher, R.T. Bott, J. Wright, A. Derby, E. Hawkes, W. Maddox, [i.e. Wiles Maddox?], W. Room, J.G. Middleton, F. Crowley, A. Egg, H. O'Neil, S. Hart, S. Newton, F. Stone [i.e. Frank Stone?], A. de Valentini or H. Warren [i.e. Henry Warren?] . All plates are with imprint: "John Tallis & Company, London, Edinburgh, Dublin & New York." "The Borders Designed by J. Marchant. The Whole Engraved under the Superintendence of Mr. Edward Finden." Attractive Victorian era illustrated book.; viii, [96] pages, 49 unnumbered plates pages. Seller ID: 16079 Subject: Art HistoryMike's Library Plymouth, PA Opened in 1995, Mike's Library is an on-line used & rare bookstore near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. We offer unusual, carefully chosen books at reasonable prices. Orders are shipped well-packed. Enjoy our constantly changing offerings. Thank you! Condition Our grading follows the AB standards; we err conservatively. There are no signatures, writing, bookplates, stamps, underlining, highlighting, and/or markings unless otherwise noted in the description. Shipping Our books are bubble-wrapped and securely packed. Media Mail shipping is (usually) free. Expedited and international shipping is available. We are happy to combine shipping on multiple items. Payment We prefer PayPal. Feedback We leave feedback after receiving buyer's feedback. If you are unhappy with your order for any reason, please contact us, and we will resolve the problem!This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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