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Sale 239: Fine & Rare Books (#239) 03/28/2002 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 03/28/2002 1:00 PM PST

Lot #44 Tam O'Shanter

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$437.50

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Description

Title:

Tam O'Shanter

Author:

Burns, Robert

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

W.J. Widdleton

Date Published:

1869

Description:

[6], 20 pp. With 8 mounted woodburytypes (or carbon prints?) from photographs by Gardner of paintings & drawings by E.H. Miller. 10½x8¼, elaborate gilt-decorated green cloth, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.

Noteworthy for the early use of photomechanical printing in book illustrations.

Condition:

A bit of extremity rubbing; a few plates detache but all present, else very good.

Item#:

105443
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