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New Edition of "The Moxon Tennyson" Frontispiece portrait medallion by Thomas Woolner with 54 wood engravings by the Dalziels, W.J. Linton, etc. after D.G. Rossetti, J.E. Millais, Mulready, Stanfield, W. Holman Hunt, T. Creswick et al. [i-vii] viii-xiii [iii], [1]-375, [1] pp. Richard Clay, Printers, London. 4to (8 x 6 inches). Moxon s edition of Tennyson, now considered a classic, was something of a scandal and a commercial failure upon its publication. "Moxon s impartial division of the illustrations among traditional and Pre-Raphaelite artists did not satisfy the book-buyers of the day" (Ray). Here in a reprint. Ray, England, 148; Tinker 2076; Ashley VII 114; Reid 36-43; Ehrsam & Deily 218; Fredeman 90.3 Original green morocco, a.e.g. Split at front joint, some foxing Frontispiece portrait medallion by Thomas Woolner with 54 wood engravings by the Dalziels, W.J. Linton, etc. after D.G. Rossetti, J.E. Millais, Mulready, Stanfield, W. Holman Hunt, T. Creswick et al. [i-vii] viii-xiii [iii], [1]-375, [1] pp. Richard Clay, Printers, London. 4to (8 x 6 inches).
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