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The Illustrated Book of the Dog
by Vero Shaw, published in 1881 by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.

Original 140+-year-old Chromolithographs, some with hand finishing

(Black and White prints are Wood Block prints)

Sheet size: about 8 x 10½ inches (exceptions noted).

The Illustrated Book of the Dog by Vero Shaw featured over 93 colored plates as well as black and white wood block engravings.
This was the fourth book on dogs to be printed in English and illustrated with color plates.

The book contains the earliest known portraits of the Airedale Terrier and the first color illustrations of the Belington Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Irish Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier,
Fox Terrier, Pug, Italian Greyhound, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Irish Water Spaniel, Dachshund, Basset Hounds, and Retrievers.

These are original plates from the 1881 edition of this delightful volume. The last part of the nineteenth century was the time when wonderful chromolithographs were being produced in England and the United States, and these prints are excellent examples of the process.

The attractive subjects and bright colors make for a series of truly charming prints.