Jameson, Mrs. (Anna); [Bookplate of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Baronet] [Christian Art] [Symbolism]

Sacred and Legendary Art. Volumes 1 and 2. [Sold With] Legends of The Monastic Orders, as Represented in the Fine Arts. Forming the Second Series of Sacred and Legendary Art (3 books)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848; 1850. Presumed early printings (publication dates on title pages and not the copyright pages). Leather Bound. 387; 439; 481pp. Octavo [21 cm] 3/4 purple leather with purple cloth over boards. Title and gilt ruled borders on the spine. Red speckled text block edges. Cloth of boards faded and discolored. Rubbed along the joints and edges. Stitching periodically visible in the inside margins of the pages, however bindings are strong. Preliminary and terminal leaves prominently foxed. Else, pages occasionally lightly foxed. "J. Leighton Brewer St." binder's stamp on front pastedowns. Contemporary owner's neat inscription (dated 1851) on title page of third book. Each book has the bookplate of British Statesman and Man of Letters Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Baronet (1806-1863). He is most known for preserving neutrality in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention in the American Civil War. Very Good. Item #71119

The author, Anna Brownell Jameson (1794-1860) was an art historian, who was also associated with literary criticism, philosophy, travel writing, and feminism. These volumes are three books from her most famous work, a monumental compendium of Christian Art. This compendium also included (not present here***) "Legends of Madonna" (1852) and "The History of Our Lord" (1864), the last completed after her death in 1860, by her friend Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake.

Price: $300.00