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BAXTER, George. Pictorial Album; or Cabinet of Paintings, for the Year 1837, London: Chapman & Hall, [1837]. 4, half title, engraved title heightened with gold and with hand-coloured vignette, 10 plates finely printed in oil colours, all by Baxter (leaves starting to detach at beginning and end, light mainly marginal spotting), contemporary morocco, roll-tooled borders gilt with red, green and orange inlays, title lettered in gilt on central inlay in red (extremities very rubbed).
FIRST EDITION, with plate no. 8 in its first state. "A fine example of Baxter printing, it is noteworthy for the account in the Preface of Colour Printing, and also as the first example of a popular gift book published in England with illustrations printed in colours" (Abbey). Abbey Life 196.
FIRST EDITION, with plate no. 8 in its first state. "A fine example of Baxter printing, it is noteworthy for the account in the Preface of Colour Printing, and also as the first example of a popular gift book published in England with illustrations printed in colours" (Abbey). Abbey Life 196.