NATIONAL SOCIETY’S RECENT PUBLICATIONS
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST
Illustrated from the Italian Painters of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries.
A Preface has been furnished to this volume, on the Growth of Religious Art in Italy, by Mr. F. T. Palgrave, who has also added Critical and Explanatory Notes on the Pictures and their Painters.
Richly bound in cloth boards, bevelled, gilt edges, price 21s.
The Church Quarterly Review says:—“This book is a perfect gem.... It is, indeed, a relief to turn to such matchless designs as these. It would be impossible to speak too highly of the knowledge of the history of art, the elevation of thought, and the elegance of style which Mr. Palgrave displays.”
The Spectator says:—“The drawings are executed with much skill; and the chromo-lithographic process is here employed with delicacy and success. Mr. Palgrave’s notes are pertinent and instructive. His Introduction is able and eloquent.”
The Academy says:—“This is a very beautiful book, and the chromo-lithographs with which it is adorned, or rather, which are illustrated by the text, reflect great credit on the care and skill of all concerned in their production.”
The Athenæum says:—“By way of preface, a highly intelligent and critical essay on the growth, aims, and developments of religious art in Italy by Mr. F. T. Palgrave. Each well-weighed and thoughtful sentence is worth reading. The general purport of the book is well represented by the title. Mr. Palgrave vouches for the beauty of the drawings made by Mr. Goodall, from which the chromo-lithographs were taken.... A very ambitious effort has been extremely successful.”
The Portfolio says:—“The eloquent and informing preface and the critical notes on the pictures, by Mr. F. T. Palgrave, are addressed to an adult and cultured audience.... The literary part of the volume deserves more careful consideration than is usually accorded to letterpress penned to accompany even high-class illustrations.”
The Art Journal says:—“A work which should be the most popular, as it must be the handsomest, of Christmas books bearing a religious character.... Twenty-four wonderful little chromo-lithographs from drawings made on the spot.... The volume is in every way a beautiful one.”
THE STORY OF THE CHILDHOOD OF CHRIST. By R. E. H. 4s.
THE STORY OF THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST. By R. E. H. 4s.
THE STORY OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST. By R. E. H. 4s.
THE STORY OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. By R. E. H. 4s.
Each of the above four Volumes is illustrated by Six Pictures from the Italian Painters of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries.
NATIONAL SOCIETY’S DEPOSITORY, SANCTUARY, WESTMINSTER.