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The Fine Arts in Canada
by MacTAVISH, Newton
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto. The Macmillan Company. 1925. 26cm, the first edition, xiii,181p. plus 112 plates & illustrations (including 13 colour & text drawn illustrations by Jefferys, Thompson & Others), in half black crushed morocco, gilt decorated raised bands, gilt titles, gilt ruled borders Cockerell style marbled boards, t.e.g., a fine copy in fine contemporary styled fine binding, rare .(cgc). Lerner 5. "MacTavish surveys art in Canada rather than "Canadian art". The importance of Indigenous art is acknowledged and a whole chapter is devoted to Tom Thompson and the then-controversial Group of Seven. Traces chronologically the careers of Paul Kane and Cornelius Krieghoff, the imitative art of the 19th century, and the foundation of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy. A chapter is included on women artists
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40716
- Title
- The Fine Arts in Canada
- Author
- MacTAVISH, Newton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Toronto. The Macmillan Company. 1925
- Keywords
- canada canadiana art history craft fine binding
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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Ottawa, Ontario
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- Marbled boards
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- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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