Jan 23, 2014 - Sale 2337

Sale 2337 - Lot 66

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
GEORGE WHARTON EDWARDS.
Group of 6 illustrations for A Book of Old English Love Songs. Thick pen and ink with some wash, on illustration board. Most measure roughly 419x279 mm; 16 1/2x11 inches. Signed in images. Some toning, heavier along bottom margins, a few occasional scuffs and areas of touch-ups.

Additional Details

The work was published in New York by Macmillan in 1897 and contained an Introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie with all illustrations by Edwards. Illustration or chapter titles penciled in the margin (in the order of the book): "Lullaby of a Lover" Rosalynd's Madrigal" "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" Ariel's Songs" "To Althea from Prison."