[GREAT BRITAIN] [ART]

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCC,XCVII, the Twenty-Ninth.

London: Printed by Cooper and Graham, 1797. First edition. 4to. 32 pp. Includes a list of Royal Academy members and a catalogue of 1193 exhibited pictures. Contributors include Richard Westall, Benjamin West, John Opie, Thomas Lawrence, Thomas Stothard, “W. Turner” [J. M.W. Turner first exhibited the previous year], Miss J. Beecham, “A Young Lady,” Mrs. Heatley, Miss M. Pixell, and many others. Original self-wrappers, a nice untrimmed copy (though the top edge of the title leaf has been trimmed just enough to take a portion of the top line of a title verso). Item #69253

Price: $125.00