Robert Dalby And His Troubles: Being The Early Days Of A Connoisseur.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/2575
Imprint
London:: Chapman And Hall, 193 Piccadilly., MDCCCLXV.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 324 p.; 195 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Contents - [Text]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printers are named on the verso of the half-title and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By William Clowes And Sons, Stamford Street And Charing Cross.'
Summary Note
This is the semi-fictional autobiography of the conservator and art-critic, Henry Merritt (1822-77).
Provenance
A preliminary leaf is inscribed in ink, 'Presented to the Library of the Royal Academy, by the Author, Henry Merritt.'
Binding Note
19th-century green cloth, upper and lower covers decorated in blind; spine lettered 'Robert Dalby And His World Of Troubles.' and 'London Chapman & Hall'.