$1,000
"A BOOK OF DRAWINGS" BY A. BRYAN, L. DAVIS ET AL. WITH 16 ARTIST PROOF PLATES & SIGNATURES, #7/110,:H. 12 3/4" W. 10 1/2". "Book of Drawings" by A. Bryan, L. Davis, A.T. Elwes et al. with a prefatory poem by Austin Dobson. London: Privately Printed for Mr. & Mrs. F.T. Davies, 1891; the book is contained within vellum wrappers. The reverse of the title page has "of this Edition on Large paper 100 Copies only are printed, with Proofs of the Plates. This Copy is No. 7 (signed) Frederick Trehawke Davies". The book contains16 artist signed plates on tissue paper, mounted on paper. The featured artist are noted British and American book illustrators. Artists include: Herbert Railton, Walter Wilson, John Jellicoe, A.T. Elwes, Louise Jopling, Joseph Pennell, Harry Furniss, Chas. Wilkinson, Alfred Bryan, R.H. Moore, J. Bernard Partridge, Lucien Davis, Hugh Thomson and Louis Wain. (rev.20071212)
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2007-12-15
