Author: CRANE, L
Title: Art and the Formation of Taste
Description: London, Macmillan. 1882. Book, Art and the Formation of Taste Six Lectures by Lucy Crane published by Macmillan London 1882. A 1st edition. With illustrations drawn by Thomas and Walter Crane. In full red leather binding size 18.5 by 12 cm. 293 pages. All edges marbled and with marbled endpapers. Gold-stamped decoration to front board and spine. The front board also has a gold-tooled banner with a Latin motto (Beati Mundo Corde or Blessed are the Pure in Heart a line from Dante with a reference to the fable of the wolf and the crane. There is a plain white plate pasted over the inside of the front endpaper which may have been used to cover a bookplate and the book would appear to be a prize binding. Good to VG condition with minor rubbing to head and foot of spine. Images available.

Keywords: Art