1930 The History of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers 1880-1930
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First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon
The first edition of the work.
Uncommon.
Collated complete.
A Limited edition: one of only 600 copies, of which 300 were presentation copies created for Members of the Print Collectors' Club. This is No. 335. Filled with 103 monochrome plates celebrating the etchings and engravings of 86 different British artists active from 1880-1930, including Sir Frank Short, Sir Frank Brangwyn, Alphonse Legros, William Strang, and Paul Drury. Includes frontispiece portrait of Short. Written by Sir Francis Newbolt, the work also includes a list of members.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart with dust-dulling limited to the spine, Gilding to the top edge still bright. The odd small mark to the boards. Slight bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. With ink inscription: "David Robinson to Gwyneth, January 28th 1944". Internally, pages are firmly bound, and generally bright and clean. Some light spotting scattered throughout, slightly heavier to the first and last few pages.
Very Good
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