The World of Grinling Gibbons by Geoffrey Beard - Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with Dust Jacket - Perfect for Art Collectors & Woodcarving Enthusiasts

Beard, Geoffrey, Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1989, Near Fine 4to, 8” x 10 ¾”, 224 pp.

ISBN: 0-226-03992-7 

Near Fine quarto, black paper over boards, gilt to spine, signature to front pastedown in top corner, signature to pp.3. Near Fine dust jacket, black-and-white pictorial design, white lettering to front cover and spine, now protected in Mylar, designed by Peter Campbell, 224 pp. Full-page black-and-white photographs. Grinling Gibbons was a 17th-century sculptor known for his woodcarvings, and was inspired by elements of naturalism and Baroque style. An insight into his work for the church and crown, private patrons, and monuments. From the library of poet and author, D.R. Wagner.