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Two Books on Victorian Painting. ACC and Phaidon, 1981-1999

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Two Books on Victorian Painting. ACC and Phaidon, 1981-1999
This lot features two major reference works documenting nineteenth-century British art. The first volume is The Dictionary of Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood, published by the Antique Collectors' Club in 1981. This copy is a reprint of the revised and enlarged second edition originally released in 1978. It is a large quarto hardcover bound in publisher's cloth with its original cream-colored dust jacket. The text provides biographical data for approximately 11,000 artists and is illustrated with both monochrome and color plates. The second volume is Victorian Painting by Lionel Lambourne, published by Phaidon Press Limited in 1999. This is a first edition, large quarto hardcover bound in black cloth with the original black dust jacket featuring a detail from Ford Madox Brown's Work. The book offers a thematic survey of the period and is profusely illustrated with high-quality color plates, including full-page spreads. ISBN 0 902028 72 3 (Wood), ISBN 0 7148 3776 8 (Lambourne).

Dimensions: 10.25"L x 2.25"W x 11.75"H
Weight: 13.00 lb 1.70oz

Condition: Good