Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1880
Seller: Books at yeomanthefirst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1880. Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 8vo; viii + 336 pages. Green cloth hardback with gilt stamped design of three men in medieval dress in gilt border, gilt titles to spine, gilt top edge to pages. Boards are worn and bumped with some light damage to rear board (see additional photos), spine pull to top. Offset to title page from frontispiece (a rather splendid heliogravure of Venus and Cupid) otherwise, contents are in Very Good condition, clean and unmarked, free from previous owner¿s names or inscriptions. The Book is an Introduction to the Knowledge Necessary for Forming A Collection of Ancients Prints. With an Appendix Containing Fielding''s Treatise on the Practice of Engraving. Edited with Notes, an Account of Contemporary Etchings and Etchers and a Bibliography of Engraving, by Robert Hoe, Jr. Much on Durer and Rembrandt. Heavy book which will require additional postage for overseas (non UK) delivery addresses.