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Album with hand-written title page: 'India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel. General Work - Various. 1861. 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. XIV. Various Works. 1861'. The album includes approximately 1304 wood-engraved proofs. Leaf numbers have been written in the top right corner by the Dalziels, as is standard in their albums. But unusually, in this volume there are also different leaf numbers in the bottom left corner, upside down and counting down from 228 to 174, where they stop for the rest of the album, suggesting an error on the part of the compiler.The album includes numerous book illustrations of all sorts, including many religious, literary and commercial images, and many for children. There are several illustrations for the periodicals 'Good Words' and the 'Cornhill Magazine'. There are botanical, mechanical a… (See Merlin record for full description)
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