illustrated book: letterpress text and lithographs, card boards
Measurements
16.4 × 10.0 cm (page) 17.1 × 10.5 × 1.0 cm (closed)
Printing/Publishing
printed by C. Whittingham, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane; published by William Pickering, London
Inscription
printed in ink on title page u.l.-l.r.: THE SCIENCE OF DRAWING / BEING A PROGRESSIVE / SERIES OF THE CHARACTERISTIC / FORMS OF NATURE / PART I - TREES / "Learn to sketch before you attempt to finish" / MICHEL ANGELO / BY FRANK HOWARD. / AUTHOR OF THE "SKETCHER'S MANUAL," "COLOUR AS A MEANS / OF ART," / THE SPIRIT OF SHAKESPEARE," ETC. ETC. printed in ink on title page l.: (fish entwined about an anchor) / ALDI / DISCIP / ANGLUS / LONDON / WILLIAM PICKERING / 1839 inscribed in pencil inside front cover u.l.-u.r.: 7/6 / Pickering Edition / SJ inscribed in pencil on end printer's blank l.l.: S/28.u.s/.cl
