Turner's Celebrated Landscapes; Sixteen of the Most Important Works of J. M. W. Turner, R. A.; Reproduced from the Large Engravings in Permanent Tint By the Autotype Process

London: Bell & Daldy, 1870. Book. Very Good Plus. Three Quarter Morocco. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Contemporary fine binding by Birdsall & Son Bookbinders, Northampton in three quarter red crushed morocco over red pebbled morocco, gilt back, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, the armorial bookplate of Cyril Flowers front paste down. 108 pages 16 plates 39 cm . Chiswick Press - Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins. Each plate includes a mounted autotype plate, accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. "The plates in this work are reproduced in autotype by Messr. Cundall and Fleming, under license from the Autotype Printing and Publishing Company (Limited)"--Title page verso. Very Good Plus, scattered light foxing throughout, heavier foxing and toning at end papers, light rubbing at corners and bottom edges. Cyril Flowers, (1843-1907) the 1st and only Baron of Battersea and Overstrand,, was a British Liberal politician and patron of art. Photographs, Original -- Illustrations in books."... an Autotype, in general, means a carbon print. Eventually the firm added collotypes and photogravure (called Autogravure) to their roster, selling framed prints, portfolios, and bound volumes to the social elite, including some of the most beautiful books of the period."(Autogravures from the Autotype Company, Graphic Arts Collection, Special Collections, Firestone Library, Princeton University, 2004). SCARCE, OCLC locates 9 institutions worldwide with a copy..