Item #51-2486 The Deserted Village of Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by the Etching Club. (Original edition). Oliver Goldsmith, C. W. Cope T. Webster, C. Stonhouse, J. C. Horsley, H. I. Townsend, F. Tayler, R. Redgrave, T. Creswick, John Bell, author, Artists.

The Deserted Village of Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by the Etching Club. (Original edition)

London: 1841. 3 preliminary leaves and 40 etched plates. Text and illustrations on India paper, mounted. (Folio) 37x25.5 cm (14½x10") period three-quarter green morocco and cloth, title in gilt on front, spine gilt, all edges gilt; marbled eps. Binding worn, some foxing; very good.
(Bookplate of Melville E. Stone. Melville Elijah Stone (1848 – 1929) was a newspaper publisher, one of the organizers of The Associated Press, and a leading figure in American journalism.)
Illustrations by members of the Etching Club, artists include: T. Webster, C.W. Cope, T. Creswick, R. Redgrave, F. Tayler, H.I. Townsend, J.C. Horsley, C. Stonhouse, and John Bell.

Preceded the trade edition of 1842, published Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Gordon Ray. The Illustrator and the Book in England, no. 214. Item #51-2486

Price: $300.00