Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New 3rd ed.

by Walter Crane

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Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New 3rd ed. 3rd ed.

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~3 hours (204K characters)

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2012-07-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40250

Subjects

Illumination of books and manuscripts Illustration of books Illustrated books -- Bibliography Book ornamentation -- History Z

About the author

Walter Crane

1845–1915

A leading figure in the Arts and Crafts movement, this English illustrator and designer helped shape the look of Victorian children's books with bright, decorative pages that still feel lively today. His work ranged far beyond nursery stories, reaching painting, wallpapers, textiles, and political imagery.

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