Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto
1907, First Edition. London : Adam and Charles Black. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked and title-blocked cloth, top edge gilt. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well preserved overall; internally tight, bright and clean. Item #414716
Physical description; xiii, 254 pages, illustrations, 3 plates, 32 plates (including frontispiece, portraits) ; 22 cm. Notes; Subtitle: Being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector. Reprinted with additions from Pall Mall Magazine, XVII, XIX. Includes bibliographical references. Contents; "The Marquis of Steyne" -- The Suppressed Portrait of Dickens, "Pickwick," "The Battle of Life," and "Grimaldi" -- Dickens Cancelled Plates: "Oliver Twist," "Martin Chuzzlewit," "The Strange Gentleman," "Pictures from Italy," and "Sketches by Boz" -- On Some Further Suppressed Plates, Etchings, and Wood Engravings by George Cruikshank -- Hogarth's "Enthusiasm Delineated," "The Man of Taste," and "Don Quixote" -- Cancelled Designs for "Punch" and "Once a Week" by Charles Keene and Frederick Sandys -- Miscellaneous -- The Suppressed Omar Khayyam Etching -- Adapted or Palimpset Plates -- Adapted or Palimspet Paltes (continued). Subjects; Engraving Collectors and collecting. Engraving and Engravings. Illustration of books. Prints Collectors and collecting. Illustrated books History 19th century. Art Censorship. Book collecting.
Price: €60.00