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Suppressed Plates, Wood-engravings, &c. / Together with Other Curiosities Germane Thereto; Being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the Collector

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About This Book

A collector-focused study surveys suppressed and cancelled plates, wood engravings, and related curiosities, illustrating how prints were altered, withdrawn, or repurposed. The text documents examples linked to notable fiction and satirical prints, examines different states and palimpsests, and traces editorial and artistic interventions that led to cancellation or adaptation. Individual chapters consider specific artists and plates, provide descriptive commentary on engraved vignettes and cancelled portraits, and present plates and notes intended to guide bibliophiles, print historians, and collectors in identifying and understanding these rarities.

 

KATE GREENAWAY
BY
M. H. SPIELMANN AND G. S. LAYARD.

Containing upwards of 80 full-page illus­tra­tions (53 in colour, reproduced from original water-colour drawings by Kate Greenaway.) Square demy 8vo, cloth, gilt top, with Kate Greenaway end-papers, price 20s. net.

SOME PRESS OPINIONS

“This delightful volume, with its scores of il­lus­trat­ed letters, and sketches and charming pictures, will be very widely welcomed. No one could wish for a more satisfactory memorial of the artist and her work.”—Daily Graphic.

“Whether as regards its subject, its letterpress, or its illus­tra­tions, this is one of the most delightful, as it is likely to become one of the most popular volumes of the series to which it belongs.”—Aberdeen Journal.

“Certainly one of the most beautiful monuments that could be erected to the memory of a modest artist.”—Daily Mail.

“By reason of its sympathetic treatment of an intensely interesting subject, of the charm, the quality, and the profusion of its illus­tra­tions, and of the faultless taste of its get-up, should rank among the favourite gift-books of the approaching Christmas season.”—Observer.

“A book which will delight young and old by its engaging charm.”—Jewish World.

“The volume, magnificent to behold, is a deeply interesting one to read, and should be peculiarly attractive to our readers.”—Gentlewoman.

“This delightful book should prove a capital present to give to young folks at Christmas time. The pictures in it are very beautiful, while the story of Kate Greenaway’s fight for fame is sympathetically told.”—Scottish Review.

“The book is admirably done, thorough, sympathetic, and accurate.”—Outlook.