40pp of text plus 79 full page plate illustrations. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on upper panel, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Cloth a little rounded at spine ends, slightly faded towards fore edge, a few mild marks. Upper text block edge dust dulled. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
An annotated and illustrated catalogue of works of art purchased for the nation with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund (including the Wilton Diptych, now in the possession of the National Gallery, paintings by Bruegel the Elder and Durer, works by Michelangelo, William Blake, Bosch, tapestries, ancient artifacts etc). Includes purchase prices and the amount contributed by the Fund.
