D.Y. Cameron : an illustrated catalogue of his etched work
David Young Cameron : an illustrated catalogue of his etched work
Imprint
Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, MDCCCCXII
Physical Description
xlix, 259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm.
General Note
Plates included in the numbered pagination, and printed on both sides of the page.
Provenance
Sir Frank Short's copy, with his pencil signature on front free-endpaper. Presented by his daughter Dorothea Short, 1963.
Copy Note
"Seven hundred copies of this book have been printed for sale. Copies for sale in America are included in the seven hundred copies, and have not been printed in addition to this number. Of these, numbers 1 to 200 are on hand-made paper, with proofs of the illustrations on Japanese vellum. Each of these two hundred copies has, as frontispiece, a print of the etching, The lion and the unicorn, signed by Mr. D.Y. Cameron. No copies of this etching are for sale, apart from the volume."
No. 44 of 200 copies printed on hand-made paper, with proofs of the photogravure plates on Japanese vellum and an original etching ('The Lion and the Unicorn') signed by Cameron in pencil.