AUTOBIOGRAPHICA, WITH A GOSSIP ON THE ART OF PRINTING IN COLOURS
Vaughan, W.E.
Sold by Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
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Add to basketSold by Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since March 26, 1997
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketlarge folio. contemporary half brown morocco with cloth-covered boards, spine gilt, top edge gilt. (ii), 32, (2) pages, 5 plates. First edition, one of a few copies printed by Vaughan's son in memory of his father (St Bride Catalogue p.921, no 9778). Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy. W.E. Vaughan (1825 - ca. 1900) was a Brighton print dealer, the largest dealer south of London in the last half of the 19th century. His reminiscences deal with his business and the aesthetic aspects of hand-coloured prints. The five prints are excellent chromolithographs of famous 18th century prints. Levis, page 185-186, states that "this volume is quite rare. I have never seen but one copy." The work is illustrated with color reproductions of prints by C. White, J.R. Smith, and W. Bond. contemporary half brown morocco with cloth-covered boards, spine gilt, top edge gilt.
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