{"product_id":"the-portrait-gallery-of-distinguished-poets-philosophers-statesmen-divines-painters-architects-physicians-and-lawyers-since-the-revival-of-art-with-their-biographies-arranged-in-chronological-order-4-volumes-revised-edition","title":"The Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Divines, Painters, Architects, Physicians, and Lawyers, Since the Revival of Art; With their Biographies, Arranged in Chronological Order, 4 volumes. (Revised Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[MALKIN, Arthur Thomas.]\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Poets, Philosophers, Statesmen, Divines, Painters, Architects, Physicians, and Lawyers, Since the Revival of Art; With their Biographies, Arranged in Chronological Order.\u003c\/em\u003e London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1853. 3 vols.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e4to. Full brown morocco, gilt and blind-tooled. Spines gilt with four raised bands and decorated compartments. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Vol. I: viii, 308 pp.; Vol. II: [iv], pp. 309–607; Vol. III: [iv], pp. 608–911. Illustrated throughout with 165 tissue-guarded steel-engraved portrait plates. \u003cstrong\u003eSecond edition\u003c\/strong\u003e (first published in seven volumes by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1833–37; here condensed and reissued in three volumes).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was one of the great Whig cultural projects of the early Victorian age — an institution founded in 1826 on the conviction that education, broadly and inexpensively disseminated, was the engine of social progress. \u003cem\u003eThe Gallery of Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e, with biographical sketches by Arthur Thomas Malkin, was among its most ambitious publications: a systematic survey of the most distinguished minds of Western civilisation since the Renaissance, each subject presented in a carefully engraved portrait alongside a scholarly biographical account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe 165 steel-engraved plates by Arthur Thomas Malkin are beautifully executed, combining the documentary ambition of an encyclopaedia with the visual quality of a fine art publication. Handsomely bound, this set presents beautifully and has become scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery good across all three volumes.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some wearing to spine ends and creases. Bindings otherwise excellent: tight, sturdy, the gilt well preserved, bright and bold. Contents very good to near fine throughout. Some toning at edges; otherwise largely free from markings. Well preserved and presenting beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eIf you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000393\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48755974144243,"sku":"1110002940743","price":600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/1_8f897168-bb4f-4d50-8919-7183b190ad52.png?v=1774843915","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-portrait-gallery-of-distinguished-poets-philosophers-statesmen-divines-painters-architects-physicians-and-lawyers-since-the-revival-of-art-with-their-biographies-arranged-in-chronological-order-4-volumes-revised-edition","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}