English illustration, 'the sixties' : 1855-70
1906, First Edition, Second Impression. London : Constable and Company Ltd. Poor library copy, in the original cloth-backed plain boards, with a later manuscript label to the spine. Boards show dust- and damp-stains, with substantial wear to edges and corners. Minor tear to lower front hinge; some signatures reattached with later thread. The text block is entirely broken and detached from the spine at pp. 70-71, though both sides remain secure. Some very faint dust-dulling and scattered foxing throughout; title page shows some offsetting. Some remaining library marks internally, but text remains very legible throughout. A serviceable copy, with well-preserved leaves. Item #462863
Physical description; xix, 203 pages, [136] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; "A re-impression of the original edition of 1897. A few small errors have been corrected." Includes index. Contents: Illustrations by: Ford Madox Brown — A. Boyd Houghton — Arthur Hughes — Charles Keene — M. J. Lawless — Lord Leighton — J. E. Millais — G. Du Maurier — J. W. North — G. J. Pinwell — Dante Gabriel Rossetti — W. Small — Frederick Sandys — J. MacNeill Whistler — Frederick Walker. Subjects; Illustration of books Great Britain 19th century. Illustrated books Great Britain History 19th century Bibliography. Wood-engraving, English 19th century. Graphic arts Great Britain 19th century. Pre-Raphaelites. Victorian illustration. Sixties school.
Price: €60.00