Francis Barlow First Master Of English Book Illustration.
£35.00
Publisher
The Scolar Press.
Place
London
Date
1978
Item Description
Large 8vo. 10 x 7.25 inches. 237 pp. Errata slip. Bound in original light brown cloth, with contrasting printed white spine title label, in pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated by 106 black and white text figures, including full page. The first substantial study of the greatest book illustrator before Blake. it sets Francis Barlow (1626?-1702 or 04) best known for his sporting and animal pictures, in the artistic and historical context of the seventeenth century. By Edward Hodnett (1901-84), researcher in the history of English book illustration.
[Stock No. 30172]
