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Vaughan, W.E.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICA, WITH A GOSSIP ON THE ART OF PRINTING IN COLOURS
$450
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N.P., Privately printed, 1900, contemporary half brown morocco with cloth-covered boards, spine gilt, top edge gilt
First edition, near fine
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First edition, one of a few copies printed by Vaughan's son in memory of his father (St Bride Catalogue p.921, no 9778). Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy. W.E. Vaughan 1825 - ca. 1900) was a Brighton print dealer, the largest dealer south of London in the last half of the 19th century. His reminiscences deal with his business and the aesthetic aspects of hand-coloured prints. The five prints are excellent chromolithographs of famous 18th century prints. Levis, page 185-186, states that "this volume is quite rare. I have never seen but one copy."
The work is illustrated with color reproductions of prints by C. White, J.R. Smith, and W. Bond.
N.P.: Privately printed, 1900; large folio, contemporary half brown morocco with cloth-covered boards, spine gilt, top edge gilt; (ii), 32, (2) pages, 5 plates. Book # 5099
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