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Woodcuts and Woodcut Illustrated Books
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2,500 - 3,500 USD
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"Illustrations of the Sixties," a collection of ca. 350 wood engravings clipped from British newspapers and magazines of the 1860s, the work of Millais, Tenniel, Keene, Whistler, Du Maurier, Rossetti, Leighton, and many others, various sizes, in 2 tan cloth drop boxes. — Philip Gilbert Hamerton. The Art of the American Wood-Engraver. New York: Scribner, 1894. Folio, 40 india proofs, later red three-quarter morocco; scuffed. — [Bible in French]. La Saint Bible. Tours: Alfred Mame & fils, 1866. 2 volumes, folio, wood-engraved illlustrations by Doré, elaborate brown morocco inlaid with blue, red and green morocco strapwork with gold leafy sprays, blue morocco gilt doublures, blue watered-silk endleaves; some rubbing. With: another copy in contemporary red morocco gilt. — Thomas Bewick. 68 woodcut proofs of animals, including 2 on vellum, 61 on india paper, and 5 quadrupeds, plus a prospectus, each approximately 2 x 3 in., all in a brown leatherette snapfold case. — plus 1 other.
In all, 5 works in 9 volumes.
In all, 5 works in 9 volumes.
Condition
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