The pages are roughl cut and uneven in size, a printer's quirk; the front end paper is missing, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. 283 pages, plus four pages of other titles in 'The Camelot Series' ."Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769. In 2018, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, UK was celebrated, of which Sir Joshua Reynolds was the first president." (Wikipedia)