Rev. Samuel Manning — Spanish Pictures

Manchester; Brighton, The Religious Tract Society, c1900. Cloth. A very scarce work by the Rev. Samuel Manning, profusely illustrated throughout by popular artists of the period. Undated, dated using Copac. This scarce work is bound in the publisher's original cloth binding. With a prize bookplate to the front pastedown that reads 'Edinburgh Ladies College. First Prize for Geometry - 1st Cl. 1st Div. Awarded to Miss Jane W. D. Gillon. Robt. Robertson N.A. Master. Session 1877-78. David Pryde M.A. L.L.D. Head Master&apos. Illustrated by numerous eminent artist throughout, most notably Gustave Dore. With 30 full page illustrations and numerous in-text illustrations throughout. Gustave Doré was a artist, printmaker and illustrator. Considered a prodigy at the age of five, Doré's artistic career started young, and at aged fifteen he began work as a caricature artist for the French paper, 'Le Journal pour rire&apos. It was not long before Doré began to receive commissions, creating illustrations for the work of Milton and Dante, which feature in this volume. Hugely successful, he secured a five year contract with the publishers Grant & Co. for which he was paid the large sum of £10,000 a year. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, light fading to the spine and patches of rubbing to the joints. Large mark to the rear board. Light offsetting and spotting to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, with a bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Light creasing to the tissue guard to the frontispiece. Good . Ill.: Gustave Doré et al. Good .