Order Nr. 26525 OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW. Walter Crane.
OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW
OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW
OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW
OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW

OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW.

  • London: George Bell and Sons, 1896.
  • 8vo.
  • later half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips, five raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endsheets
  • xii, 335 pages.

Price: $100.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 26525

First edition. In a lovely binding by Anker Kyster, with the bookbinder's ticket on the verso of the front free endpaper. Spine slightly faded. Some rubbing to the boards, else a near fine copy. Five chapters on Evolution, Transition and Decline of Illustration, the revival of the 1890s and general principles of design. Contains many fine illustrations.