POETS AND ETCHERS

POETS AND ETCHERS. Osgood, Boston, 1882. folio., disbound and lacking the front board, 83pp, 20 poems by T. B. Aldrich, W. C. Bryant, R. W. Emerson, J. R. Lowell, H. W. Longfellow, and J. G. Whittier, each accompanied by an etching by A. F. Bellows, Samuel Colman, Henry Farrer, R. Swain Gifford, and J. D. Smillie. An early and important book of the etching revival, influenced by the French "Poemes et Eaux-Fortes," and the precursor of the many large format etching albums that followed. Foxing throughout, but not affecting the etchings. Rare in this large format.
Inventory # 13624

Price: $750.00