Touches of nature / by eminent artists and authors.

Accession number: 
PML 145911
Published: 
London ; New York : Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [ca. 1870?]
Description: 
[4], 98 leaves, 98 leaves of plates : ill. (wood engraving) ; 33 cm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Wood engraved vignettes by Duhamel after Fellmann on t.p. and t.p. verso.
Evidently a reissue of the 1867 edition published by Alexander Strahan, with the same publisher's binding and canceled t.p.
The illustrations originally published in the magazines Good words, the Sunday magazine, and the Argosy.
Illustrations printed within decorative gold borders.
Engravings by Dalziel and Swain after J. Pettie, A.B. Houghton, J.D. Watson, J.E. Millais, J.W. North, R.P. Leitch, W. Small, J. Mahoney, M.E. Edwards, G.J. Pinwell, T. Dalziel, R. Barnes, F. Walker, Marcus Stone, M.J. Lawless, E. Hughes, W. Orchardson, John Tenniel, Paul Gray, J. Wolf, and T. Graham.

Binding: 
Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gold and blind, signed with designer's initials "A.W." [i.e. Albert Warren] and the name of the original publisher, "Alexander Strahan", at foot of spine; bound by Virtue & Co., with their ticket.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Gift inscription on verso of front flyleaf: New Year gift 1890 from P.T. Renuard 17 South Street Thurloe Sqr. South Kensington To M.A.E. Walden.

Provenance: 
Mary A.E. Walden; from the libraries of J.N. Hart and Gordon N. Ray.
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