Engraving from Rare Illustrated Books

London: L. Upcott, 1891. First Edition. Aside from the historical interest in the relative value of prints this work is an invaluable biographical resource with information on a wide range of English and Continental engravers. Octavo, original gilt cloth, a little rubbed but still bright and attractive.

London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son, 1870. Beautiful coloured-lithographic panorama, as issued in its original decorated cloth boards: the series of 24 connected panels combine to illustrate Psalm 104, forming a continuous panorama over three-and-a-half metres in total. This copy is unusually fine; where seen, these fragile works more commonly display significant wear. The work has been featured… Read more about this item

Sydney: Port Jackson Press, 1979. First Edition. Dealer's catalogue of prints issued by Port Jackson Press of Sydney and Works on Paper, London. Features the work of Brett Whiteley, Lloyd Rees, John Olsen, Garry Shead, David Rankin, John Peart, Max Miller, Keith Looby, Janet Dawson, Diana Davidson, David Aspden, Fred Cress, Ray Crooke and others. Staple bound quarto, black… Read more about this item

Sydney: Odana Editions, 1978. First Edition. Very good. This is the standard work on the artist by the well-known Sydney gallery owner. Limited edition of 184 copies, inscribed 'artists copy' and signed by Davies on the limitation page. Quarto, original burnt umber cloth with matching slipcase, illustrated throughout, with an original signed wood engraving by Davies titled 'Forest… Read more about this item

Sydney: Gayfield Shaw's Gallery, 1920. First Edition. Ure Smith, Sydney. Exhibtiion catalogue printed by Radcliffe Press for Gayfield Shaw's Gallery, Penzance Chambers, 29 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. Includes an appreciation by Bertram Stevens. Small staple bound octavo booklet, printed wrappers with pictorial onlay, five tipped black and white plates + price list, totalling eight pages; wrappers a bit rubbed, otherwise… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1834. A beautiful overlap of literature and travel description, being a tour through Mediterranean and Continental sites of interest in the life and tales of Lord Byron. Brief biographical descriptions are scattered throughout. Edward Francis Finden's masterful series of steel engravings from the works of J.M.W. Turner, William Westall and other leading landscape and portrait artists… Read more about this item

London: Cresset Press, 1928. Limited Edition. One of 550 numbered copies. 'The seventeenth century saw the production of many books of plant engravings, and of these the "Hortus Floridus [I]" of Crispin de Pass is generally acknowledged to be the masterpiece.' Preface, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde. Oblong octavo, etchings throughout; a very good copy in original morrocco-backed marbled boards,… Read more about this item

London: Charles Knight, 1839. First Edition. Near fine. John Jackson. With upwards of three hundred illustrations, engraved on wood, by John Jackson. An important and influential work on wood engraving conceived, written, and illustrated by a master artist of the medium, John Jackson (1801 - 1848). Early chapters catalogue the history of the medium at length, from… Read more about this item

London: Printed by the Ditchling Press for the Hand and Flower Press, 1949. First Edition. Being a book of common herbs with etchings by Betty Shaw Lawrence together with curious notes on their histories and uses for the furtherance of loveliness and love by Thomas Fassam. Edition of 260 numbered copies signed by Thomas Fassam. Small quarto, half brown… Read more about this item

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1930. Original cloth with gilt in orginal slipcase. Very good. The standard work on the subject, a comprehensive guide with abundant historical cross-references. Quarto, original cloth with gilt, 238 black & white reproductions, slight browning to endpapers, a very good copy in the original slipcase.

London: David Bogue, 1849. Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (1804-1866), pseudonym Gavarni, was a French master lithographer noted for his fashion and satirical illustrations. In 1847 he travelled to London and produced a series of images condemning the conditions of the English working-classes and urban poor, here used to illustrate a series of written descriptions by leading writers of the day.… Read more about this item

London: William Heinemann, 1931. GOODEN, Stephen. Translated into English verse by Edward Marsh, with twenty-six engravings on copper by Stephen Gooden. A sumptuous edition of the Fables with beautiful and spacious typography within generous margins, complemented by striking plates by Gooden. Limited edition of 500 copies signed by Marsh and Gooden. Two volumes, large thick octavos, original vellum, engraved… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon, 1877. A beautiful work combining the verse of Tennyson with the magical illustrations of Gustave Dorè. Folio, original cloth in fine condition.

Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1928. First Edition. 'There is nothing in the whole range of literature corresponding to the Greek odes of victory, the most spendid examples of which still surviving were composed by Pindar between the years 502 and 442 B.C., during the most flourishing period of the Greeks' history, and in… Read more about this item

London: J.S. Barr, 1793. An appealing late eighteenth century encyclopedia of nature with short chapters on a number of species of interest including the Dodo, Emu and Cassowary. The plates are small and detailed yet remarkably accurate for a popular publication of this age and nature. Five volumes, small octavo, contemporary red quarter calf; boards scuffed, head and tail… Read more about this item

London: Edward Moxon, 1868. A superbly illustrated work by Gustave Dorè. Folio, light foxing throughout, else very good in original cloth.

Brisbane: Lock's Press, 1979. LOCK, Margaret. Edward Lear's delightful poem is beautifully produced and illustrated by Margaret Locke in this special edition. Signed limited edition of 60 copies on velin Arches paper. Large slim quarto, original cloth with printed paper label, 8 lithographs, illustrated endpapers, edges uncut; a fine copy.

Gregynog Press, 1931. Translated into rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray... with wood-engravings from the Greek vase paintings by Robert Ashwin Maynard and Horace Walter Bray. This magnificent and generously printed edition of Euripides is a testament to the composition, typography and production standards of the Greygnog Press. Numbered limited edition of 500 copies. Two volumes, folio, original russet cloth… Read more about this item

London: World's End Press, 1974. After producing a portfolio of plates titled 'Aphrodite', Brunskill purchased a nineteenth century Lion platen press built for Frederick Ulmer. 'The Romaunt of the Rose' was the second book printed on the press, with type composition by Edward Ash. The poem was started in French by Guillaume de Loris in 1237 and translated by… Read more about this item

London: The Studio, 1921. First Edition. Original gilt decorated papered boards with parchment backstrip. Very good. Notable for his skill in rendering architectural detail and moody Parisian scenes, "The Etchings of Charles Meryon" offers a diverse selection of the artist's work. Selected from the holdings of the British Museum by keeper of prints and drawings, Campbell Dodgson M.A.,… Read more about this item