AUTOBIOGRAPHICA, WITH A GOSSIP ON THE ART OF PRINTING IN COLOURS

Vaughan, W.E.

Published by Privately printed, N.P., 1900

About this Item

large 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AUTOBIOGRAPHICA, WITH A GOSSIP ON THE ART OF PRINTING IN COLOURS
• Publisher: Privately printed, N.P.
• Publication Date: 1900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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