Birket Foster's pictures of English landscape . ITH TINTED PICTURES BY BIRKET FOSTER, AND ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS BY J. SLIEGH. ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. TIMES. The Book is a remarkable specimen, not only of the Engraving-, but of the Printingof the Brothers Dalziel. EXAMINER. There are initital letters and tail-pieces printed in colours, and there are large tintedwood-cuts from delightful rustic sketches by Birket Poster. The text of the Volume isa collection of some of the best Odes and Sonnets of our literature, of those little workswhich yield, in fact, ;the most refined exp
Birket Foster's pictures of English landscape . ITH TINTED PICTURES BY BIRKET FOSTER, AND ORNAMENTAL DESIGNS BY J. SLIEGH. ENGRAVED AND PRINTED BY THE BROTHERS DALZIEL. TIMES. The Book is a remarkable specimen, not only of the Engraving-, but of the Printingof the Brothers Dalziel. EXAMINER. There are initital letters and tail-pieces printed in colours, and there are large tintedwood-cuts from delightful rustic sketches by Birket Poster. The text of the Volume isa collection of some of the best Odes and Sonnets of our literature, of those little workswhich yield, in fact, ;the most refined expression of the character of English poetry. ABT JOURNAL. The illustrations are, of course, all landscapes, being from the pencil of BirketPoster. The name of the artist would, in ordinary cases, be sufficient testimony to theirbeauty and truthfulness; but he appears to have taxed his imaginative and executivepowers to the utmost: his fancy never before revelled amid such scenes, nor has hishand ever displayed greater cunning in embodying
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