Paul Jerrard (publisher)

Garden beauties. London: Paul Jerrard, [circa 1870]

4to (271 x 177mm.), chromolithographed dedication leaf, chromolithographed title-page, 12 chromolithographed plates of flowers, text printed in gold, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, original lacquered binding, gilt edges, patterned endpapers, dedication leaf detached, gutta percha perishing, spotting and browning, lacquer crazed, extremities bumped

An attractive work published by Paul Jerrard, who was known for his "lavishly produced gift books [...] of great precision and dexterity [...] and intended as objects o𝔉f display" (Leathl꧑an).

LITERATURE:

cf. Paul Leathlan, "Paul Jerrard, Publisher of 'Special Presents'", The Book Collector, vol.40, no.2, pp. 169-183