OUR LIVING PAINTERS: THEIR LIVES AND WORKS. A SERIES OF NEARLY A HUNDRED BRIEF NOTICES OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL

London: James Blackwood, 1869. viii,276,[4]pp. Canary yellow cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine and edges rather faded, cloth a trifle hand soiled, head and toe of spine frayed, early ink inscription on endsheet, bookplate, and later library release stamp, occasional light marginal discolorations, but a sound copy. First edition of this anonymously compiled biographical dictionary, including important contemporary sketches of Rossetti, Holman Hunt, Millais, Brown, et al. An important and possibly uncommon book. (Inventory #: WRCLIT41533)