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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ Has the main text been revised or updated in anyway ?? Many thanks, Faith Pleasanton - ps I am delighted to see that you have brought this back into print. It's an essential reference work. =21=21 -----Original Message----- From: Oak Knoll Press - Publicity =26 Marketing = =5BSMTP:market=40popmail.mcs.com=5D Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 1:20 PM To: ARLIS-L=40LSV.UKY.EDU Subject: New Title: The English as Collectors ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- NEW FROM OAK KNOLL PRESS A series of fascinating accounts of art collectors and their world-famous acquisitions THE ENGLISH AS COLLECTORS by Frank Herrmann =22This work has tremendous scope for the dedicated art collector.=22 - National Antique Review =22A serious =5Bcollector's=5D book which I found difficult to put = down...=22 - Country Life =22...the first wide-ranging study of this subject and required reading for any serious student of collecting taste in England...=22 - Books and Bookmen This book is a unique and important source of information for those interested in the history of famous art collections. Not only is the importance of collecting a growing factor in the history of art and antiques, but the details of provenance of objects traded on the art and antiques market are vital. In effect, the author has gone to the most revealing sources to produce a history of collecting in England and a study of the gradual emergence of the museum as a national institution. THE ENGLISH AS COLLECTORS also offers an interesting and compelling insight into the private lives of great collectors whose acquisitions became the nucleus of the foremost museums of Great Britain. Through ninety-six newly re-photographed and higher quality illustrations and seventy-five collector profiles, Herrmann goes behind the scenes to capture the drive, enthusiasm, and eccentricities of these patrons of the arts. In addition, this revised and expanded edition contains a useful and detailed bibliography of collecting history. Since its first publication, The ENGLISH AS COLLECTORS has become a classic in its field. No other publication with so much detail rivals Herrmann's pioneering work. This volume is kept as a ready reference by those entrusted with the care of major private and public collections as well as those who organize exhibitions. This vastly improved new edition has been issued due to continuing demand, and the author has contributed a new introduction, brilliantly summarizing the state of private and =22official=22 collecting today. Co-published by Oak Knoll Press and John Murray Ltd. Hardcover, 7.5 x 10 inches, illustrated, 509 pages, 1999. ISBN 1-884718-83-3 / Order=23 53901-Z / Price =2449.95 + shipping Available outside the UK from: Oak Knoll Press, 310 Delaware Street, New Castle DE 19720 USA Phone (302) 328-7232 / Toll free: 1-800-996-2556 / Fax (302) 328-7274 E-mail: oakknoll=40oakknoll.com / Web: www.oakknoll.com Available in the UK from John Murray Ltd.