ETCH'D THOUGHTS BY THE ETCHING CLUB.

THE ETCHING CLUB.

Verlag: London for the Etching Club. 1844, 1844

Beschreibung

Large quarto 14 x 10 1/2 inches, very handsomely bound in full morocco, spine in compartments with floral gilt tooling and gilt sprays, a leather lettering label. Boards with numerous decorative gilt fillets. A fine binding with the binders printed signature J. Wright (of London). Binding in fine condition. Title in red and black, engraved dedication, and 60 original etchings on 37 stiff sheets all on India paper, plus accompanying leaves of poetic text. Some spotting to a few margins but still a lovely copy in a fine binding. Etchers include, Charles West Cope, Thomas Creswick, Henry James Townsend, Richard Redgrave. Printed by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. The print run is believed to have been about 240 copies. This is a large paper issue on India paper - one of 60 copies (note from Elizabeth Harvey - Lee catalogue). The Etching Club was founded by Charles West Cope in 1838 and this is its first printed book. Future members would include Palmer, Millais and Holman Hunt. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5918

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ETCH'D THOUGHTS BY THE ETCHING CLUB.

Verlag: London for the Etching Club. 1844

Erscheinungsdatum: 1844

Einband: Hardcover