Painting
Subtitle: a guide to the best books with special reference to the requirements of public libraries
By: by Eric Raymond McColvin with a foreword by G. H. Palmer.
Publisher: Grafton & co.
Published: 1934
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Painting -- Bibliography; Art museums -- Bibliography; Painters -- Bibliography
Genres: Bibliography.
Notes: "A thesis accepted for the honours diploma of the Library association."
The introduction contains a selected list for a small library (p. 25-26), a list suitable for a junior library (p. 27-28) and a Classification table for books on painting (p.33-36), a modification of the Dewey decimal 750.
Table of contents: title: I. Theory and practice.; title: II. Art galleries.; title: III. General history of painting.; title: IV. Schools of painting. Indices: subjects, schools, artists and authors.