The Picture Printer of the Nineteenth Century. George Baxter 1804-1867 by Courtney Lewis, C T - 1911

London : S. Low, Marston & Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Slightly damaged hinges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxvi, 363, [1] pages, color frontispiece, plates (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles (some folded), 25 cm. Subjects: Baxter, George 1804-1867. Pictures - Printing - History - 19th century.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1911. First edition, thick 8vo, pp. xxvi, 363; frontispiece, numerous plates in color and black & white, t.e.g., dampstaining on endpapers, occasional light foxing, hinges cracked with preliminary leaves separating (complete), extremities rubbed and shaken, otherwise good in original green publisher's cloth with applied oval illustration in color and gilt-decorated upper cover and gilt-lettered spine.

London : Sampson Low, Marston & Company , 1911. First edition. Cloth. Good Only. 10" by 7". George Baxter. A first edition copy of the history of George Baxter, the colour picture printer, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This volume details the history of George Baxter, the picture printer of the Nineteenth Century. George Baxter was an English artist and printer based in London who is credited with the invention of commercially viable colour printing. The colour frontispiece first plate, plate to face pages 168, 240, 243, 244 and 289 are loose but present. Black and white plates facing pages 153 and 259 are loose but present. All plates are present. With fifteen colour plates and thirty one black and white plates.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn with marks to the boards and spine and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Some pages are loose. The colour frontispiece first plate, plate to face pages 168, 240, 243, 244 and 289 are… Read More

London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, 1911. Original blue cloth decorated in green, colored cameo, top edge gilt. Head and heel of spine rubbed and creased, spine slightly dulled, very minor spotting to rear board, otherwise a very good copy with owner's name in a neat hand to title page.. xxvi, 363 pp., [1] + Plates [46]. Index. Appendices. 21 color and 47 b/w illustrations, some folding. Sm. 4to. Complete catalogue and descriptions of the work of George Baxter (1804-1867), English printmaker, who produced and patented the first inexpensive and commercially viable alternative to hand-coloured prints. Though first involved mainly in illustrations for books, Baxter moved on to plates and large prints, but after a quarter of a century of success his methods were eclipse by photography and chromolithography.