Sparrow, Walter Shaw, The Gospels In Art. The Life of Christ by Great Painters
from Fra Angelo to Holman Hunt. Text by Leonce Benedite, Henry Van Dyke, R.F. Horton, and the Bishop of Raphoe. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1904, 1904. True First Edition, not the London version. More than 8" X 11 1/2".
283 pp. + index. Three chapters on the life of Christ; six photogravure plates, thirty-one monochrome plates. David Veazey
designed cover and title page. Gold gilt etched into wine colored boards, beveled edges. Boards VG minus for rubbing and smudge.
Inside VG minus for foxing. You see the images by my photos...remarkable, uncommon visual representations of Christ and surrounding
figures. $85 USD
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