The Cornhill Gallery, Containing One Hundred Engravings From Drawings on Wood

Frederick Leighton; John Everett Millais; George du Maurier; W. M. Thackeray; et al.

Verlag: Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1865

Beschreibung

An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine. The Cornhill Magazine was a monthly Victorian magazine and literary journal, edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. Under his editorial guidance the paper's large circulation peaked around 110,000. In 1871, the editing was taken over by Leslie Stephens. The first issue appeared in 1860, with a selection of articles on diverse subjects and serialisations of new novels.The present volume features one hundred engravings from drawings on wood which illustrated the magazine to authors such as George du Maurier and W. M. Thackeray. Engraved by the brothers Dalziel, W. J. Linton, and Joseph Swain.Collated and complete.The 1865 edition, following the prior edition issued in 1864. An uncommon volume in all editions. In full decorative cloth binding. Externally, sound, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Darkening to the spine and extremities, and some general shelf wear to the boards. Internally, front hinge is strained to the head and tail, remaining binding is tender. Some light spotting to the first and last few pages, though remaining pages are generally bright and clean. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 835J40

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Cornhill Gallery, Containing One Hundred...

Verlag: Smith, Elder & Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1865

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: The Brothers Dalziel; W. J. Linton; Joseph Swain

Zustand: Good

Art des Buches: book