Cassell's "Illustrated Book of the Dog" chromolithographs 1881 edition

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.
Skye Terriers $110	Bedlington Terrier, Dandie Didmont Terrier $110	Bull Dog $125	Pomeranian Dog, Maltese
Retrievers $125	English Setter $115	Irish Setter $125	Gordon Setter $115
Rough-coated St. Bernard $125	St. Bernard $125	Newfoundland $125	Mastiff $110
Sheep Dog	Foxhound $125	Greyhound $125	Bloodhound $115
St. Bernard of the Hospice $40	Berghund $40	Leonberg $40
Types of Setters $40	Foxhound and Pointer cross $40	German Poodles $40	Black Pomeranian $40
Pointer Bitch "Belle," The Property of Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.25 inches)	Mr. Theodore Bassett's Fox-Terrier "Brokenhurst Sting." $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)	Mr. J. H. Shorthose's English Setter Bitch "Novel." $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)	Mr. MacDona's Champion English Setter "Ranger." $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)
Esquimaux Dog "Sir John Franklin," Property of Mr. W. K. Taunton $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)	"Chinese Puzzle," the Property of Mr. W. K. Taunton $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 5 inches)	Mrs. Rawlinson's Countess. [Mastiff] $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)	Herr Wuster's Tiger German Mastiff, "Flora." $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 5 inches)
Mr. A. M. Shaw's Flora [Working Skye Terrier] $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.25 inches)	Dr. Mark's Kate and Badger [Irish Terriers] $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)	Mr. Carrick's Ottter-Hound, "Lottery." $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)	Swedish Beagle "Jerker," Property of Mr. Enoch Hutton. $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)
Water Spaniel, from the "Sportsman's Cabinet." $15 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)	untitled $10 (Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 6 inches. Please note the slight curl upper right and light text offsetting)	Weston Harrier $15 (this print is not from "The Illustrated Book of the Dog," it is unidentified, age unknown, with a soft crease in the lower left corner)
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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.

Skye Terriers
$110

Bedlington Terrier,
Dandie Didmont Terrier
$110

Bull Dog
$125

Pomeranian Dog, Maltese

Retrievers
$125

English Setter
$115

Irish Setter
$125

Gordon Setter
$115

Rough-coated St. Bernard
$125

St. Bernard
$125

Newfoundland
$125

Mastiff
$110

Sheep Dog

Foxhound
$125

Greyhound
$125

Bloodhound
$115

St. Bernard of the Hospice
$40

Berghund
$40

Leonberg
$40

Types of Setters
$40

Foxhound and Pointer cross
$40

German Poodles
$40

Black Pomeranian
$40

Pointer Bitch "Belle," The Property of Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.25 inches)

Mr. Theodore Bassett's Fox-Terrier "Brokenhurst Sting."

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)

Mr. J. H. Shorthose's English Setter Bitch "Novel."

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)

Mr. MacDona's Champion English Setter "Ranger."

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)

Esquimaux Dog "Sir John Franklin," Property of Mr. W. K. Taunton

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)

"Chinese Puzzle," the Property of Mr. W. K. Taunton

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 5 inches)

Mrs. Rawlinson's Countess.
[Mastiff]

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)

Herr Wuster's Tiger German Mastiff, "Flora."

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 5 inches)

Mr. A. M. Shaw's Flora
[Working Skye Terrier]

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.25 inches)

Dr. Mark's Kate and Badger
[Irish Terriers]

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)

Mr. Carrick's Ottter-Hound, "Lottery."

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)

Swedish Beagle "Jerker," Property of Mr. Enoch Hutton.

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.5 inches)

Water Spaniel, from the "Sportsman's Cabinet."

$15
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 4.75 inches)

untitled

$10
(Woodcut, text verso, approx. size of sheet 8 x 6 inches. Please note the slight curl upper right and light text offsetting)

Weston Harrier
$15

(this print is not from
"The Illustrated Book of the Dog," it is unidentified, age unknown, with a soft crease in the lower left corner)

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