Cover title: 'A Century / of Artists / W.E. Henley // Glasgow / MDCCCLXXXIX. Japanese Proofs.'
Imprint
Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons, 1889
Physical Description
xxxvi, [193] p., 13 unnumbered plates: illus.; 407 mm.
General Note
The half-title page reads: A Century Of Artists / A Memorial / Of The Loan Collection / Of Painting And Sculpture / International Exhibition / Glasgow: MDCCCLXXXVIII / With Historical and Biographical Notes by / William Ernest Henley / And Descriptions of the Pictures by / Robert Walker. The printer's mark of T. and A. Constable is on the title-page and the final page.
The book is dedicated to Queen Victoria.
Copy Note
The verso of the flyleaf reads, 'This Large Paper Edition, with Plates on Japanese, consists of 215 Copies, of which this is No. 12.'
Binding Note
Brown linen covered boards, gilt stamped title and decoration. Spine lettered in gold: 'Century / of / Artists // Henley' and 'Glasgow'.