JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna Brownell]. SACRED AND LEGENDARY ART. Two volume set uniformly bound in 3/4 dark brown morocco, illustrated with woodcuts and etchings, Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. 1848. 1st edition, hb, 8vo, pp. 387, 439.  Volume I contains "Legends of the Angels and Archangels, The Evangelists, The Apostles, The Doctors of the Church, and Mary Magdalene". Volume II contains "Legends of the Patron Saints and Virgin Patronesses, The Greek and Latin Martyrs, The Early Bishops, The Hermits, and the Warrior Saints of Christendom".

Anna Brownell Jameson (1794-1860) was an art and literary critic. Born  in Dublin as Anna Murphy, she spent her early adulthood as a governess, in which capacity she toured Europe. In 1825 she published "A Lady's Diary" (later "Diary of an Ennuyee"), a fictionalized account of her European tour. She married lawyer Robert Jameson in the same year, but they separated in 1829, when he became a judge in Dominica, and later in Upper Canada (now Ontario). In 1836, she joined her husband temporarily in Toronto, out of which experience she wrote the frank and informative "Winter Studies and Summer Rambles" (published 1838). She returned to England and continued writing where she became increasingly more respected as a critic.

These two magnificent volumes are bound by Tout (probably around 1900), and show blind tooling and gilt rules to the boards, with raised bands to the spines, which are embellished with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Marbled eps and boards, with silk ribbon marker and t.e.g. The spines are a bit rubbed at the crown and bottom, and the corners of the boards show similar light rubbing. Joints and hinges are tight, and the endpapers are clean and free of markings. Slight soiling
to outer edges of some of the preliminary pages, otherwise contents are very clean. Overall, in very good condition. Digital photos are available.

Price: $2,250 Cdn./$1,500 US                                        #27877
 
 

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