Memorial catalogue of the French and Dutch loan collection, Edinburgh International Exhibition, 1886

William Ernest Henley

RA Collection: Book

Record number

19/3507

Author

Variant Title

Cover title: “Memorial catalogue. Frenchy and Dutch loan collection. Edinburgh. MDCCCLXXXVI. Japanese proofs.”

Imprint

Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press by T.&A. Constable and Published by David Douglas, 1888

Physical Description

xxxvii, [3], 132, [2] p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. ; 35 cm.

General Note

Title-page printed in red and black.
“The note on Romanticism, the biographies and the descriptions of the pictures are by William Ernest Henley. The etchings and sketches are by William Hole, A.R.S.A. and Philip Zilcken, the Hague. The etching No. 108 is the gift of Bernardus John. Blommers.” (p.[i]).

Provenance

The front paste-down carries the armorial bookplate of Collingwood Lindsay Wood, with the motto 'Loyal en Tout' and engraver's initials CWS.

Copy Note

"This edition consists of 520 copies, of which nos. 1 to 100 are large paper with etchings on Japanese. No. 14". [title-page verso].

Binding Note

Brown linen covered boards, gilt stamped title and decoration. Spine lettered in gold: “French and Dutch Loan Collection. Edinburgh.”

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