£500
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Auction: 17 June 2020 at 11:00 BST
The Music Master... with Nine Woodcuts by Arthur Hughes, D.G. Rossetti and John E. Millais. London: G. Routledge & Co., 1855. First edition, 8vo, original blue blindstamped cloth, spine gilt, 8 plates (one loose, at p.202), 2pp. advertisements at end
Note: Allingham's choice of these artists introduced the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists to a wider world and led to the revival of wood-engraving as an art form. As such 'The Music Master' must rank as one of the most important illustrated books of the period.