TURNER IN THE ALPS: THE JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE & SWITZERLAND IN 1802
Written by David Hill
Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner
Published by George Philip
in 1992
ISBN: 0540012513
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART HISTORY
- FRANCE
- SWITZERLAND
- ALPS
- TRAVEL
TURNER IN THE ALPS: THE JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE & SWITZERLAND IN 1802
Written by David Hill.
Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1827684
1st.
1992.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A comprehensive guide to the most important tour Turner made, the author has travelled through the Alps in Turner's footstpes and vividly recreated the artist's journey, using Turner's sketchbooks and the writings of contemporaries including Byron and Shelley. A fascinating mixture of art, history and travel. Large, oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, colour photos. ISBN: 0540012513. Small white mark to rear board. Tiny nick to lower edge of pages 59/60 and 61/62 (extremely minor). Else contents are fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at top of spine and slightly scuffed to rear panel.