Joseph Pennell — Pen Drawing and Pen Draughtsmen

London & New York, Macmillan and Co. 1889 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of Joseph Pennell's popular illustrated volume on the art of pen drawing, with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and housed in the original box. The first edition. With the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and original box. A detailed artistic work exploring the art of those who work with pen as their medium. This volume explores the history of pen drawing, with those such as Rembrandt, moving on to the modern day, and looking at different countries and their famous artists in turn.Artists discussed here include Raffaelli, Renoir, Caldecott, Greenaway, Thomson, and more.Lavishly illustrated throughout with fourteen plates, one folding plate and numerous additional illustrations. Collated, complete. Written by Joseph Pennell, a leading American artist. Bound in the publisher's white hardback boards, with the original glassine dust wrapper and housed in the original box. Externally, very smart, with light marking to boards and a little rubbing to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sound, with light edge wear and some chipping to the extremities. Large horizontal tear to panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd handling mark. Some pages remain unopened. Box is worn, with considerable rubbing, loss to the extremities and tears to the joints. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Joseph Pennell. Very Good Indeed/Good Only.