Catalogue 114 is here!
Puck. [n.d., c.1860.] Pen & ink sketch on folded letter sheet, side 155 x 100mm (6 x 4"), with printed version; Baskerville vellum wove watermark. Printed version trimmed from booklet cover. A grotesque, winged Puck, sitting on a toadstool. Apparently a preparatory sketch for the cover illustration of 'Virtue's Imperial Shalespeare', a 40-part illustrated series published by Charles Knight, 'with Illustrations by Cope, R.A. Leslie, R.A., Maclise, R.A. E.M. Ward. R.A. W.P. Frith, R.A. H.S. Marks, A.R.A. and others'. [Ref: 57783 ] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT) We are pleased to present our first catalogue of the New Year! This miscellaneous listing of over 290 items contains: Portraits including Mezzotints and Eastern Europeans . Decorative items encompassing trades . Transport such as ballooning . ...