LOCKHART, JOHN GIBSON; translator and editor. Ancient Spanish Ballads. Chromolithographed additional title and 3 divisional titles after Owen Jones; 6 tinted wood-engraved plates and numerous text illustrations after David Roberts, William Harvey, and others; each page within wood-engraved or chromolithographed border in different colors. 4to, tan calf gilt, extremities rubbed, some scuffing; all edges trimmed and marbled; bookplate of William Philip, earl of Sefton; custom linen slipcase. London: John Murray, 1841
"Ancient Spanish Ballads, where pictures and designs were conceived together, was the first of the 'illuminated' gift books which became popular around mid-century"--Friedman, Color Printing in England 85. Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England 226.
