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Album with hand-written title page: 'India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel. General Work - Various. 1866. 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. XXI. Various Works. 1866'. The album includes approximately 1288 wood-engraved proofs. Following the title-page there is a contents page written by the Dalziels. This is useful though by no means comprehensive; it mostly refers to publishers, as well as writers and periodical and book titles, and examination of the album suggests it is not always reliable. Most of the proofs have the Dalziels' signature, although some don't, particularly the diagrams, decoration, lettering and simpler commercial images. The album includes numerous book and periodical illustrations of all sorts. There are a large number of illustrations for fiction and poetry, and also many images aimed at children (b… (See Merlin record for full description)
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