THE SOUVENIR: A TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE

London T. Nelson and Sons, 1859. 8vo., publisher's patterned purple cloth, faded, with elaborate gilt and blind decoration; a.e.g. The book consists of 280 pages of short prose and poetry, illustrated by eight full-page color plates, printed by the innovative firm, Thomas Nelson and Sons, in Edinburgh, who, according to Joan Friedman (Color Printing in England 1486-1870): "began producing color work in the 1850's." Nelson's innovative color printing is a major subject of Bamber Gascoigne's recently published, Milestones in Color Printing 1457-1859, where he devotes nearly 50 pages to its publications (oddly, the book being offered here is omitted). The color effect is achieved in this case by printing a steel engraving in purple ink, followed by additional tints applied lithographically. See: Friedman. 171. Gascoigne. pp. 75-119. EIGHT THOS. NELSON COLOR PLATES