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Compiler Tokyo Prefectural Office of EducationBiblio.com

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Josiah Wood Whymper; The Committee of General Literature and EducationBiblio.com

Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena Etc. with a Short Description Annexed to Each Plate<br><br>

1846B7369London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1846. . Ownership or other marking inked to front pastedown. Spine defective some foxing to early leaves. . Edition: First Edition. Binding: Full original brown cloth boards. Upper lettered in gilt with blind acanthus-leaf details in corners. Notes: Josiah Wood Whymper RI 1813 – 1903 was a British wood-engraver book illustrator and watercolourist. Born the son of a brewer Whymper was apprenticed to a stonemason. He soon turned to drawing and painting settled in London in 1829 and studied under William Collingwood Smith 1815–1887. After having an etching of London Bridge published he became well known as an illustrator and worked for Black for the 1857 edition of poetic works of Walter Scott John Murray Cassell and other publishers. His wood-engraving enterprise became one of London's most successful. He also painted watercolours specialising in riverscapes and gave drawing classes to pupils such as Charles Keene 1823–1891 John William North 1842–1924 George John Pinwell 1842–1875 and Frederick Walker 1840–1875. He also produced fine engravings of animals fish landscapes and wonders of the world for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge sold for 3/4d penny plain 2d pence coloured. In 1846 Whymper made thirty engravings about dramatic natural phenomena such as the aurora borealis whirlpools and icebergs. Examples of Whymper's work may be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum London.<br><br> Size: Thin folio 350 x 280 mm Illustration: Very good example. 30 pages each page with a handcoloured engraving. Beautiful and dramatic images including the aurora borealis Iceland geysers glaciers glacier tables avalanches breaking up ice floes icebergs Fingal’s cave Niagara Falls a prairie on fire etc. Bookbinder’s ticket of Remnant & Edmonds London on lower pasted endpaper. Category: Book Natural History; The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. hardcover

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