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Again, Happy New Year to all!

In doing our trimester break clean-up, I discovered _Recent Ideals of
American Art_, New York:  D. Appleton & Company, 1888.  Approx. 425 cm.
x 320 cm.  Text by George William Sheldon.  This is a collection,
complete with slipcase, which came out in serial form, of 175 oils and
watercolor paintings reproduced in Paris on copper plates by the Goupil
Photogravure and Typogravure processes.  The covers of each of the 25
sections are slightly foxed, and three pages of text are missing,
otherwise the collection is in good condition.

My questions are:  Is this a valuable set?  Are any of you familiar with
it?  Can you put me in touch with someone who might know its value?

Rocky Mountain library is relatively small, holding 5,000 volumes.  We
aren't an archive nor a research library.  I believe retaining this set
will do it more harm than good.  A research library would be able to
better care for it.

Nancy Mactague, Director:  Resource Center
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
(303) 753-6046 x 127.  Fax (303)759-4970.

"Archaeology provides the framework for art history." Munby, 1977


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