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BENJAMIN FAWCETT ENGRAVER AND COLOUR PRINTER, WITH A LIST OF HIS BOOKS AND PLATES.
McLean, Ruari and Antonia.

- Hampshire, England : Scolar Press 1988 - small 4to. - quarter leather, top edge gilt, dust jacket. - 196 pages. - Order Nr. 23192 - Price: $ 315.00

First edition, limited to 750 numbered copies, of which this is one of 25 special copies with three actual plates demonstrating Fawcett's work loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. In special binding and with limitation page bound in and with McLean's signature. A check-list of books and plates printed by Fawcett, plus letters to, from or concerning him. Contains an outline of Fawcett's life, an interesting article on Fawcett's woodblock printing techniques by Gavin Bridson, and a look at scientific publishing in the nineteenth century. Many black and white illustrations, plus 9 color plates. Spine of jacket faded.

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> BOOK ILLUSTRATION, NINETEENTH CENTURY
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> from the collection of Alfred Brazier and Phiroze Randeria

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> O'Brien, P., EYRES' PRESS WARRINGTON (1756-1803), AN EMBRYO UNIVERSITY PRESS.
> Young, Matthew McLennan, FIELD & TUER, THE LEADENHALL PRESS: A CHECKLIST
> ORIGINAL WOODBLOCKS, DRAWN BY RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
> Beckwith, Alice H.R.H., VICTORIAN BIBLIOMANIA, THE ILLUMINATED BOOK IN 19TH-CENTURY BRITAIN

CATALOGUE DE LIVRES D'ART ARCHITECTURE ET DÉCORATION PEIN... by Rapilly, Georges Each volume contains about 20 sales catalogues (each of which is 40 pages long and lists approximately 750 texts) put forth by the Parisian bookseller Georges Rapilly. The catalogues list books on architecture, sculpture, painting and engraving. Some catalogues also include prints and portraits, both ancient and modern. Rapilly's customers included the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Bibliothèque Nationale. Rear board detached on Volume one. Some early pages have also detached. Minor rubbing and chipping to covers.