London & New York: Boussod, Valadon & Co. and Scribner & Welford, 1889
Signed by Tennyson. A beautiful book setting Lear's illustrations to poems by his friend and favourite poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson. Published as a memorial to Lear and signed by Tennyson, the work features some fine views of Greece.
Limited edition, no. 48 of 100 numbered proof copies signed by Tennyson; 4to (31 x 24.5 cm); portrait frontispiece of Tennyson after G.F. Watts, 16 plates after Lear, 7 head- and tailpieces (including a portrait of Lear), all 'Goupil gravures', each image protected by a tissue guard printed in letterpress with text giving some details of the image. Publisher's brown half-morocco over brown cloth-covered boards, the upper cover lettered in gilt 'To E.L.', the flat spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, a fine copy.
Blackmer 988.
Limited edition, no. 48 of 100 numbered proof copies signed by Tennyson; 4to (31 x 24.5 cm); portrait frontispiece of Tennyson after G.F. Watts, 16 plates after Lear, 7 head- and tailpieces (including a portrait of Lear), all 'Goupil gravures', each image protected by a tissue guard printed in letterpress with text giving some details of the image. Publisher's brown half-morocco over brown cloth-covered boards, the upper cover lettered in gilt 'To E.L.', the flat spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, a fine copy.
Blackmer 988.
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