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Album with hand-written title page: 'India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel. General Work - Various: 1878. 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. XXXVII. Various Works. 1878'. The album includes approximately 727 wood-engraved proofs, with many touched proofs. 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. There are minimal notes in Dalziel's hand that give information such as delivery dates, the creation of electrotypes, and other notes about engraving. The volume includes book and periodical illustrations of all sort, as well as many commercial designs, and decoration and lettering. There are numerous images for fiction and poetry, and many ch… (See Merlin record for full description)
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