LAYARD, George Somes.

Catalogue Raisonne of Engraved British Portraits from Altered Plates.

London: 1927, 1927.

Arranged by M. H. Latham. With an introduction by the Marquess of Sligo. 43 plates. 134pp. 4to, blue cloth. London, Philip Allan, 1927. Very good.

Study of 118 "palimpsest plates" in which the picture has been altered, usually to be re-engraved with another person's head. Unnumbered out-of-series copy from an edition of 300. George Sarton's copy with his bookplate & signature.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Language: English

Price: $75.00

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