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Album with hand-written title page: 'India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel. "Arabian Nights". "Goldsmith". "Round of Days". "Spirit of Praise". "Jean Ingelow". "Wayside Posies". "Ballad Stories". "Golden Thoughts". "North Coast". 1863 & onward. 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. XVIII. Goldsmith's Works. A Round of Days. The Spirit of Praise. Jean Ingelow. Wayside Posies. Ballad Stories. Golden Thoughts. The North Coast. 1863-7'. The album includes approximately 898 wood-engraved proofs, for some of the most lavish illustrated gift books produced by the Dalziels' Camden Press in the mid-1860s. Many of the proofs have been touched in white or pencil to indicate corrections to be made. Many have partial pencil annotations for corrections in the margins, although these have been trimmed off before the images were pasted in the al… (See Merlin record for full description)
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