The Book of Wedding Days: Quotations for Every Day in the Year

Various artists/makers

1889

Not on view

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Catalogue Raisonné

Title: The Book of Wedding Days: Quotations for Every Day in the Year
Editor: K. E. J. Reid (British, late 19th century)
Editor: May Ross (British, active late 19th century)
Editor: Mabel Bamfield (British, late 19th century)
Illustrator: Walter Crane (British, Liverpool 1845–1915 Horsham)
Engraver: Sir Emery Walker (British, Middlesex 1851–1933 London)
Engraver: Walter Boutall (British, 1886–1890s)
Dedicatee: Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (British, London 1841–1910 London)
Dedicatee: Queen Alexandra (British (born Denmark), Copenhagen 1844–1925 Sandringham, Norfolk)
Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co.
Printer: Printed by Spottiswoode & Co. (London)
Date: 1889
Medium: Illustrations: photoengraved woodcut, printed in color
Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 1/8 in. (30 x 24 x 2.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1972
Object Number: 1972.655.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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