print;
illustrated book
- Museum number
- 1949,0411.5091.1-18
- Description
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'Eve's Legend', book written in 1824 by Lord Holland, illustrated with nineteen hand-coloured woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury, mostly narratives within decorative borders, bound with original printed paper cover in dark red ink and slipcase with woodcut label, as published (London: Etchells and MacDonald, The Hazelwood Books, 1928); review copy outside a total edition of 300
- Production date
- 1928
- Dimensions
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Height: 306 millimetres
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Width: 210 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Peter Tucker, 'Hester Sainsbury: a book illustrator of the 1920s', The Private Library, Fourth Series Vol 3:3, (1990), no.11.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Eve's Legend
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1949,0411.5091.1-18