Richard Austin: Engraver to the Printing Trade

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Edité par Printed by Walter Lewis for Friends of the University Press, Cambridge, 1937

A very scarce illustrated first edition on the engravings of the lesser-known Richard Austin. First edition. Very scarce.In publisher's original paper boards.Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece and multiple of Richard Austin's vignettes.Fascinating history of Richard Austin, engraver to the London and Cambridge printing presses between the years of 1788 and 1830. This volume printed for friends of the University of Cambridge Press explores the work of an artist only recently come to public attention. In publisher's original paper boards. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, minor loss of paper to spine tips, the odd mark, mainly to front board, and subtle tanning. Internally, firmly bound. Frontispiece tissue guard loose. Very bright and clean with the exception of faint spotting to endpapers and frontispiece. Very Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 997B40

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Richard Austin: Engraver to the Printing ...
Éditeur : Printed by Walter Lewis for Friends of the University Press, Cambridge
Date d'édition : 1937
Reliure : Hardback
Illustrateur : Richard Austin
Etat : Very Good
Edition : First edition.
Type de livre : book