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Folio (325 x 265 mm.), pp. xviii, 404. 119 black and white illustrations of which two are printed on coloured paper. Uncut in original full vellum, eloborately gilt to a design by Lawrence Houseman. Manuscript limitation slip signed by the author to front paste-down endpaper. Minor abrasions to lower cover, slightly dust-soiled but a handsome copy.
First edition, number 61 of 280 copies, signed by the author. Quilter was one of the most prominent critics of his age and Preferences represents a significant overview of the later Victorian artistic landscape. It is also something of a monument of fin-de-siècle book design with striking cover designs by Houseman.
£150.00
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