968428
9780486269559
Combining thoughtful essays, detailed bibliographical descriptions, and over 290 finely reproduced illustrations, this book by a leading literary scholar, author and book antiquarian chronicles a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Among the artists: Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, Constable, Lear, Cruikshank, Rossetti, Tenniel, du Maurier, Caldecott, Morris, Beardsley, Beerbohm, and Rackham.Ray, Gordon N. is the author of 'Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914' with ISBN 9780486269559 and ISBN 0486269558.
[read more]