On colour and on the necessity for a general diffusion of taste among all classes.. With remarks on laying out dressed geometrical gardens. Examples of good and bad taste illustrated by woodcuts and coloured plates in contrast. / By Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson ...
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)
Category
Books
Date
1858
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3248966
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,408,32 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23cm (8vo). Bookseller's[?] ink stamp: only part legible: Stedman. Pencil text marking with rear endpaper corresponding page references. Provenance: inscribed "Harriet Grey St Barnabas' Day 1860" [i.e. Harriet Grey, née White (1829-80)]. Binding: publisher's blue cloth, gold stamped urn, blind stamped borders, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797 - 1875)