[HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT]. Etching & Etchers. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.
NEW EDITION. Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (23cm x 15cm x 4.5cm), pp. xxx, 459. English text. Handsomely rebound in half calf gilt, marbled paper-covered boards, all page edges gilt, half-title, title-page printed in red and black with vignette, 12 illustrated plates with captioned guards, appendix, catalogue index at rear. Printed by R. & R. Clark. Condition: VERY GOOD. An excellent tight and clean copy.
Notes: Finely bound, attractive copy. Contents: Book I: Powers and qualities of the art. -- book II: The Dutch and other schools. -- book III: The French school. -- book IV: The English school. -- book V: The interpreters of painting, and copying in facsimile. -- Appendix. Hors texte original etchings throughout, including a Rembrandt printed from the original plate. Other artists included are: Ostade, Weirotter, Zeeman, Callot, Meryon, Lalanne, Turner, Haden, and Hamerton.