TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Idylls of the King. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, illustrator. London, New York & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911].

4to. Half-title, 21 colored-printed plates mounted to leaves with printed borders after Brickdale, lettered tissue guards. (Light mostly marginal toning, a few plates with some minor creasing, a few leaves with short marginal tears not affecting image or text.) Original vellum decorated in gilt and blue, top edge gilt, others uncut (hinges broken or starting, lacking ties with one laid in, slight soiling).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 70 of 350 copies of the "Edition de Luxe," SIGNED BY BRICKDALE. British artist Brickdale created the original watercolor illustrations over 2-years on commission from Ernest Brown beginning in 1909, subsequently exhibiting them in a gallery in 1911.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio

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The Collected Home, Featuring Asian Decorative Art

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Idylls of the King. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, illustrator. London, New York & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911].

The Collected Home, Featuring Asian Decorative Art

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Idylls of the King. Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, illustrator. London, New York & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911].

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