Item #52115 The PICTURE PRINTER Of The NINETEENTH CENTURY. GEORGE BAXTER 1804 - 1867. C. T. Courtney. Baxter Lewis, George - Subject.

The PICTURE PRINTER Of The NINETEENTH CENTURY. GEORGE BAXTER 1804 - 1867.

Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott Company / Sampson Low Marston & Co., [1911]. 1st US Edition (presumed). xxvi, 363, [1] pp (including Index). Profusely illustrated, with some in color. Royal 8vo. 9-3/4" x 7-1/8" x 2-5/8". Original blue-green publisher's cloth with elaborate gilt-stamped lettering to spine & front cover, this latter with pictorial oval onlay in center. TEG. Now protected by a custom-cut clear mylar wrapper. Modest wear to covers. Age-toning to paper. A Very Good copy. Item #52115

Baxter was a London-based artist & printer credited with the invention of commercially viable color printing.

Price: $150.00