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Suppressed Plates, Wood-engravings, &c. Together with Other Curiosities Germane Thereto; Being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the Collector

Suppressed Plates, Wood-engravings, &c. Together with Other Curiosities Germane Thereto; Being an Account of Certain Matters Peculiarly Alluring to the Collector

by George Somes Layard

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About this eBook

Author
Layard, George Somes, 1857-1925
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
NE: Fine Arts: Print media
Subject
Engraving -- Collectors and collecting
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55710
Release Date
October 8, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SUPPRESSED PLATES
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Printed Separately
  4. 4.Printed in the Text
  5. 5.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
  6. 6.CHAPTER II “THE MARQUIS OF STEYNE”
  7. 7.CHAPTER III THE SUP­PRESSED POR­TRAIT OF DICKENS, “PICK­WICK,” “THE BAT­TLE OF LIFE,” AND GRI­MAL­DI
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV DICKENS CANCELLED PLATES: “OLIVER TWIST,” “MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT,” “THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN,” “PICTURES FROM ITALY,” AND “SKETCHES BY BOZ.”
  9. 9.CHAPTER V ON SOME FURTHER SUPPRESSED PLATES, ETCHINGS, AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI HOGARTH’S “ENTHUSIASM DELINEATED,” “THE MAN OF TASTE,” AND “DON QUIXOTE”
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII CANCELLED DESIGNS FOR PUNCH AND ONCE A WEEK
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE SUPPRESSED OMAR KHAYYAM ETCHING
  14. 14.CHAPTER X ADAPTED OR PALIMPSEST PLATES
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI ADAPTED OR PALIMPSEST PLATES ( continued ).
  16. 16.INDEX
  17. 17. — TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

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