London : Published by the British Museum Press and the Parnassus Foundation in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Date: 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 304 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Huntington Art Collections ; The Baltimore Museum of Art ; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. ""Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: 31 March-16 June 1996, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas ; 12 July-29 September 1996, Huntington Art Collections, San Marino, California ; 16 October 1996-5 January 1997, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland ; 25 January-6 April 1997, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnepolis, Minnesota"" -- T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Published in association with: Parnassus Foundation and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Contents; Introduction : the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum and the history of print collecting / Antony Griffiths -- Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) / Antony Griffiths -- The Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-99) / Antony Griffiths -- John Sheepshanks (1787-1863) and his Dutch and Flemish ...

ISBN10: 0714126098, ISBN13: 9780714126098, [publisher: London : Published by the British Museum Press and the Parnassus Foundation in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston] Softcover First Edition Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 304 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; Huntington Art Collections ; The Baltimore Museum of Art ; The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. "Published to accompany an exhibition to be shown at the following venues: 31 March-16 June 1996, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas ; 12 July-29 September 1996, Huntington Art Collections, San Marino, California ; 16 October 1996-5 January 1997, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland ; 25 January-6 April 1997, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnepolis, Minnesota" -- T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Published in association with: Parnassus Foundation and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Contents; Introduction : the Department of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum and the history of print collecting / Antony Griffiths -- Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) / Antony Griffiths -- The Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode (1730-99) / Antony Griffiths -- ...
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