The Royal Academy of Arts : From Reynolds to Millais (Special Summer Number of 'The Studio')
With numerous black and white and colour plate illustrations, and 15 facsimile letters of the artists featured bound in. In a bespoke but likely contemporary binding by R Ackrill of Harrogate. Green cloth boards, bevelled edges, deep French grove and gilt lettering and decoration (worn and rubbed at edges, slightly frayed and cracked at spine tips). Decorated endpapers. Reference library markings on title page verso and occasional small ownership stamps on plates else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A collection of illustrated essays, including The Royal Academy, Its Origins and History; Painters of the Royal Academy 1768-1868; The Sculptors of the Royal Academy 1768-1868; Engravers of the Royal Academy 1768-1868; The Architects of the Royal Academy 1768-1868; and Notes on Portraits of some Leading Academicians. Large 4to. .