'Impresses quaint.' by Joseph Crawhall : early in 1889, price one guineau. In one volume, 4to. Impressions from upwards of five hundred wooden blocks of the annexed character, being a selection from various works published by Joseph Crawhall, with the addition of many new cuts, hitherto unpublished.

Accession number: 
PML 89098.1
Published: 
Newcastle-on-Tyne [England] : Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, art printers, [1888]
Description: 
1 sheet (2 pages) : illustrations ; 28.5 x 22.5 cm
Notes: 

"The printer's pattern proof copy can be seen at Messrs. Mawson, Swan, & Morgan's, Grey Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where those desirous of possession will please enrol their names."--At foot of sheet.
Printed in red on verso: "To book collectors. / From Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, booksellers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne."
Year of publication from accompanying correspondence from Joseph Crawhall to Andrew Tuer, dated November 7, 1888.
Part of a collection of material related to the history of the hornbook assembled by Tuer (see PML 89098).

Provenance: 
Andrew White Tuer.
Summary: 

Book announcement for the publication of Crawhall's 'Impresses quaint' (1889).

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