GEORGE BAXTER (COLOUR PRINTER) HIS LIFE AND WORK A Manual for Collecters

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board. Gilt top edge. In dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the text block edges a little spotted. The contents, a little foxed to the prelims, are otherwise clean throughout and free of previous owners' stamps and inscriptions. In the original dustwrapper, which has is a little rubbed and shows a few closed tears. Uncommon in the dustwrapper.

A comprehensive biography and illustrated catalogue of the works of George Baxter, an English artist who is credited with inventing a commercially viable method of colour printing. Provenance: from the library of Martin Stone.