Proof Impressions: Illustrations for the Waverley Novels. Connoisseur Edition. Box Four. Perveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan's Well, Redgauntlet, Betrothed, Talisman
by [Scott, Sir Walter] [Illustrated By Cruikshank, Macbeth, Raeburn, Damman, Lalauze, Manesse, Laurie & many others.]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, , 1893. 30 loose plates housed in a full gold cloth clamshell case. The tissue overlay is lightly browned and, on many of the plates, folio backing sheets are browned in margins around tissue, but proof impressions are bright. Gold cloth covered boxes are moderately soiled and worn at the edgesand some tearing to cloth at spine. The original ribbon ties are gone. Proof Impressions for the Estes & Lauriat 1893 deluxe edition. These octavo size etched illustrations are tipped onto onto stiff board folio sheets. Each plate has the tissue overlay with text in red that provides the novel, scene and artist. The inside lid of each box has a paste on title sheet giving the details including which titles are included within. Major illustrators of represented here include Cruikshank, Macbeth, Raeburn, Damman, Lalauze, Manesse, Laurie & many others. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a FAIR case. Photos available upon request.. Full Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Cruikshank, Macbeth, Raeburn, Damman, Lalauze, Manesse, Laurie & many others. . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013691
- Title
- Proof Impressions: Illustrations for the Waverley Novels. Connoisseur Edition. Box Four. Perveril of the Peak, Quentin Durward, St. Ronan's Well, Redgauntlet, Betrothed, Talisman
- Author
- [Scott, Sir Walter] [Illustrated By Cruikshank, Macbeth, Raeburn, Damman, Lalauze, Manesse, Laurie & many others.]
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank, Macbeth, Raeburn, Damman, Lalauze, Manesse, Laurie & many others.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Estes & Lauriat,
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1893
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fair
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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