Printed in Oil Colours by George Baxter
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Title: The Pictorial Album; Or, Cabinet of Paintings, for the Year 1837
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman & Hall
Date Published: 1837
Description:
Author:
Title: The Pictorial Album; Or, Cabinet of Paintings, for the Year 1837
Place Published: London
Publisher:Chapman & Hall
Date Published: 1837
Description:
xvi, 71, [1] pp. 11 color plates, including vignette title. (4to) 25x19 cm (9¾x7½") publisher's original full straight-grain brown morocco, onlaid with red and green morocco lozenges, elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt. Custom cloth box. First Edition.
The color plates printed in oil colors by George Baxter, title page highlighted in gilt. "In addition to the book's interest as a fine example of Baxter printing, it is noteworthy for the account in the preface of colour printing, and also as the first example of a popular gift book published in England with illustrations printed in colour." (Abbey). Abbey, Life 196. Bookplates of noted bibliophiles Eric Quayle and Edward David Hughes.
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Rubbed, front hinge cracked; some foxing and browning within; very good.
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Printed in Oil Colours by George Baxter
Estimate $700 - $1,000
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