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Album with hand-written title page: 'India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel. General Work - Various. 1877. This Book was made up at the time the engravings shown in it were done.' Half-bound in brown leather and gilt; lettering on spine reads 'Wood-Engravings by the Brothers Dalziel. XXXVI. Various Works. 1877'. The album includes approximately 1374 wood-engraved proofs, with many touched proofs. Among these, the album also includes several partial proofs, showing just a portion of a block. Following the title-page there is a contents page written by the Dalziels; this provides an extremely useful reference for publishers and titles in the albums, although it is not necessarily a reliable finding aid. The volume includes commercial, book and periodical illustrations of all sorts. Illustrations for fiction and poetry are well represented. There are images for Cope's Brothers tobacco company, St Pancras Ironworks, and the Life Boat Institution. There a… (See Merlin record for full description)
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