With Original Etchings and many Illustrations from Pictures and Drawings.
First edition. 43 beautifully executed plates after Courbet, Turner, Corot, Titian, Landseer, E.P. Brandard, Edmund Yon, Alfred Dawson, Stephen Parrish, Maxime Lalanne, F. Slocombe, Haywood Hardy, Joseph Pennell, and Colin Hunter, among others, and 7 explanatory pen sketches. Large 4to. Half calf with cloth boards, gilt, outer spine and front cover slightly rubbed, occasional light foxing. Some pages uncut, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown. xvi, 386pp. London, Seely & Co., 1885.