THE AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED BOOK IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

WARD, Gerald W.R. THE AMERICAN ILLUSTRATED BOOK IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Winterthur, Delaware: Winterthur Museum, (1987). 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. x, 273 (1) pages. First edition. An in-depth study of nineteenth century American book illustration. Nine ess focus on specific areas of book illustration, such as early encyclopedias, natural histories, architectural pattern books, and volumes designed in the a and crafts style. Individual illustrators such as John Sartain and Howard Py are discussed as well. Very good.