The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London. Printed By Thomas Davison, Whitefriars.'
Summary Note
The first chapter consists of Observations on the present state of art, and the last is a survey of Sculpture. All the rest consist of a 'Catalogue' and a 'History' of paintings made in Italy, separately considered according to town 'schools' - of Florence, Sienna, Rome, Naples, Venice, Mantua, Modena, Parma, Cremona, Milan, Bologna, Ferrara, Genoa, Piedmont and Savoy.
Provenance
A front endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'The Bequest of Sr. A.W. Callcott'.
Copy Note
At the end of the Royal Academy's copy is bound in the publisher's catalogue, 'Mr Murray Has The Following Works In The Press', carrying the date 'December, 1825'.
Binding Note
19th-century brown papered boards; white paper spine-label lettered 'The Italian Schools Of Painting - Rev J T James - London 1820'.
Subject
Painting - Italy - History
Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
Publishers' catalogues - Great Britain - 19th century