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Good. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Magnificent ornate covers in the high Victorian style with heavy gilt and blindstamping, all edges gilt, semi-glossy paper, with many plates drawn by Foster. Book is tight, covers are clean with edge wear and corners exposed, spine chipped at edges and frayed at the hinges, no markings inside except owner signature, pages clean. Uncommon in the U.S. Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) was a popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period. Although he had painted great numbers of landscape scenes from Scotland to the Mediterranean, it was after moving to Witley that Birket Foster produced the works for which he is best known-a sentimentalized view of the contemporary English countryside, particularly in the west Surrey area. Although criticized for their idealised view of rural life, they were recognized for their detail and execution. The Brothers Dalziel were a highly productive firm of Victorian engravers founded in 1839 by George Dalziel (1815-1902) and his brother Edward Dalziel (1817-1905). The Dalziel brothers worked with many important Victorian artists, producing illustrations for the burgeoning magazine and book market of the period. Until the advent of photo-mechanical processes c 1880, they were pre-eminent in their trade. Examples of their work can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.