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Walker, Frederick, and G[eorge]. J[ohn].
Pinwell (illus.), ENGLISH
RUSTIC PICTURES (London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [Preface
dated September 1882]). First edition, 38.5 x 27.5cm [folio], in
publisher's vellum-covered boards w/gilt title to fr. cover &
spine, gilt brown & red decorations to covers & spine, bevelled
edges, a.e. untrimmed, w/binder's ticket (Burn & Co.) to rear
pastedown, [i-viii], [1-126] pp. w/32 India Proof wood engravings by
the Dalziels printed on tinted paper laid on rectos of handmade paper,
+1p. publ. advert to rear. Stated Limited Edition (119/300)
printed at the Camden Press, London. Binding Good (moderate
stains & scratches to vellum, & extremities bumped & sl.
worn); contents Very Good (occas. lt. spotting). Reid 151, Ray
159 ("the engravings ... are to be seen here in their most attractive
setting"), Goldman 52. (Inv. #861) C$500 Along with their Bible Gallery, Foster's Pictures of English Landscape, & Millais's Twenty India Proofs to the Parables, this sumptuous volume of Walker's & Pinwell's best illustrative work was produced by the Dalziels "perhaps aware that their heyday was over and seeking to preserve the high points of their achievement in permanent form" (Ray p.96). Home Page |