The works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. / illustrated by forty-four steel engravings and about two hundred woodcuts from sketches in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen and other sources ; with a history of his art-life by W. Cosmo Monkhouse

William Cosmo Monkhouse

RA Collection: Book

Record number

21/563

Author

Imprint

London: Virtue and Company, Limited, 294, City Road, [1879-80]

Physical Description

[93], 168 p., [54] p. of plates : illustrations ; 37 cm.

General Note

Titlepage printed in red and black ink.
The leaves in the first sequence comprise an additional titlepage, engraved, and 44 other full-page engravings each with a corresponding leaf of explanatory text.
'Examples of Landseer's early work', with 10 leaves of plates, forms a separate sequence after the main text.
No publication date is recorded in the book. Dates taken from the record of the book held in the British Library.

Binding Note

Red half bound leather, brown cloth boards, front board gold tooled lettering and image. 5 raised bands on spine with gold tooled decoration and lettering. Gilt edged text block.

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