A pensive Roger Bacon seated on a bench in monks' robes with an open book in front of him

by Howard Pyle

$1,200 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

One of 302 signed by both Bicknell and Pyle the cancel plate is not signed . Etched by William H. W. Bicknell. Each 10 1/2 x 18 inches. Fine! Item #251632 Pyle was commissioned by the Bibliophile Society to create 4 images for a book by Thomas Frognall Dibden titled Bibliomania or Book Madness. . Due to the success of the drawings in this edition, Bicknell was hired to create 5 engravings. This etching was

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