Victorian illustrated books / Percy Muir
1989, First Portman edition. London : Portman Books. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #239894
ISBN: 0713407255
Physical description; xv, 287 p., 4 of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. ; 26 cm. Notes; Revised impression published 1985. Originally published: London : Batsford, 1971. Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; Background -- Catnachery, chapbooks and children's books -- Two colossi: Thomas Bewick and George Cruikshank -- Line engraving (with specific reference to Turner) -- Pickwick, Punch and other periodicals -- Dalziel era -- Advent of colour -- Fin-de-siècle -- Foreign influence -- America. Summary; A comprehensive account of Victorian illustrated books in Britain. The social conditions and history of Britain are reflected in the history of the literary illustration of the period. Subjects; Illustration of books — Great Britain — 19th century. Illustration of books, Victorian — Great Britain. Illustrated books — Great Britain — History — 19th century — Bibliography. Illustrations of books and periodicals. Illustrated books — History — 19th century. Illustrated books — Great Britain — 19th century — Bibliography. Illustration of books — Great Britain — 20th century. Illustration of books — United States. Illustrated books — 19th century. British illustrated books, 1837-1901. books — illustrated — British — 1837-1901. Books — British illustrations, history. Illustration - Great Britain. Book illustration — England. Illustration, British - 19th century. Victorian art. Illustrated books — British Isles — 19th century. Dates covered: 1850-1900. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Illustration & commercial art ; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900. United Kingdom, Great Britain ; c 1800 to c 1900. ART / Graphic Arts.
Price: €14.95