117. Baxter (George) The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings, for the year 1837, vignette title with lettering in gilt and 9 plates, all printed in oil colours by the Baxter process, a little soiled and stained, with other Baxter-type plates trimmed and pasted onto leaves, original roan elaborately blocked in gilt with onlays, worn with parts of the spine missing, 1837; with 3 scrap albums, a small number of Baxter and Baxter-type prints, British topography, portraits and other subjects, mostly pencil drawings or watercolours, v.s., the majority mounted on both sides of album leaves, a small quantity loosely inserted, various bindings and conditions, 19th century (4)
est. £100 – £150
The first book featuring Baxter’s process of printing in oil colours.