Title: Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto : being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector /
Authors: Layard, George Somes, 1857-1925; Levis, Howard Coppuck; Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher: A. and C. Black,
Year: 1907
Subjects: Engraving England History.; Engraving Collectors and collecting; Illustration of books England History.; Engraving and Engravings
Abstract: In this book, the author aims to gather together, correct, and amplify the details of rare mistakes in book plates and illustrations as well as to inform the collector against imposition. The author has not included every example of these mistakes; but the ones which have importance.
Contents: "The Marquis of Steyne" -- The Suppressed Portrait of Dickens, "Pickwick," "The Battle of Life," and "Grimaldi" -- Dickens Cancelled Plates: "Oliver Twist," "Martin Chuzzlewit," "The Strange Gentleman," "Pictures from Italy," and "Sketches by Boz" -- On Some Further Suppressed Plates, Etchings, and Wood Engravings by George Cruikshank -- Hogarth's "Enthusiasm Delineated," "The Man of Taste," and "Don Quixote" -- Cancelled Designs for "Punch" and "Once a Week" by Charles Keene and Frederick Sandys -- Miscellaneous -- The Suppressed Omar Khayyam Etching -- Adapted or Palimpset Plates -- Adapted or Palimspet Paltes (continued)