[COMMONPLACE BOOK]. A Victorian era manuscript commonplace book of verses and watercolors. Beddington, ca 1857.
86 leaves, folio. 53 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLORS, many full-page and in color. Contemporary black morocco, blindstamped and gilt; wooden case. Provenance: Joseph Laurence (1791-1878), Beddington, 1857 (gift inscription on a label to his daughter? Ellen); Marry Emily Hillyer (gift inscription from her mother dated 1894 on a tipped-in card).
A FINELY EXECUTED EXAMPLE containing detailed works of original art including views of castles, the English countryside, portraits of various characters, and works after Rembrandt and Murillo.
This lot is located in Chicago.