Nelson's Seasons

(COLOR PRINTING)  NELSON, T.  THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.

London: 1858. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. 22 pages, 6 color plates (including one on the title page. First edition. [Burch, pages 203 and 204]. First edition.

T. Nelson was one of the only English printers to use a transfer chromolithographic process developed by Silbermann in Strasburg.  Similar to the Baxter Process, both using oil colors.  Baxter, however used wood blocks to apply the color, whereas Nelson preferred transferring steel and copperplate engravings to stone, guaranteeing him a usable print run of three thousand images.  This is an earlier production from the firm.  There is slight chipping to the extremities of the spine and sporadic foxing to a few leaves, but a good to very good copy overall.

$365.00