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Twenty India paper proofs of the drawings by Sir John Everett Millais ... to The parables of our Lord, engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalziel : with which is given a collection of 20 autographs letters (in facsimile) from Millais to the Dalziels during the progress of the work.

Accession number
PML 146620
Creator
Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1829-1896.
Published
[London] : from the Camden Press by Charles Dalziel, [1902?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
T.p. printed in red and black.
"The number of copies of this book possible is under fifty, and they are issued privately".
Volume containing one of fifty sets of proofs originally printed by the Dalziel Brothers in 1864 at the same time as they produced the engravings for The parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, published that year in London by Routledge, Warne, and Routledge; here issued with descriptive letterpress and facsimiles of 21 letters written by Millais, the proofs and letters mounted on individual leaves and tipped onto bound stubs.
List of subscribers (2 leaves) at end.
"Printed by Dalziel & Co., Ltd., Camden Press ..."--Colophon.
Description
[69] leaves : illustrations, facsimile (mounted) ; 39 cm
Provenance
From the libraries of Sir Walter Miévelle, Thomas Balston, and Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's brown morocco lettered in gold.
Classification
Department