JONES, Owen (designer).

£1,000 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Winged Thoughts. First edition, a lovely example of what McLean terms the "illuminated" Victorian gift book, by a titan of design. This collection of verse on various species of bird by the little-known Mary Ann Bacon (fl. 1839-1870, d. 1875) is accompanied by spectacular chromolithography.

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