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JACKSON, JOHN. A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical.
London, Charles Knight and Co., 1839. First edition. Upwards of three hundred illustrations, including two in colour and the tipped-in Baxter print, often missing, xvi,749,(3)pp., top edges gilt, others untrimmed, large 8vo.(260x175mm), contemporary 1/2 tan morocco, marbled boards a little rubbed. A nice copy of an attractive book. ¶ Jackson himself engraved nearly all the illustrations and there is a 100-page discussion of the techniques of wood engraving. With the signature of botanist and antiquarian Dawson Turner on blank flyleaf (1846) and a somewhat later neat ownership signature at top corner of the titlepage.
Offered for AUD 350.00 = appr. US$ 278.95 by: David Spode (ANZAAB/ILAB) - Book number: 5516