Combining thoughtful essays, detailed bibliographical descriptions, and over 290 finely reproduced illustrations, this book by a leading literary scholar, author, and book antiquarian chronicles a golden era in the art of the illustrated book. Among the artists: Blake, Turner, Rowlandson, Constable, Lear, Cruikshank, Rossetti, Tenniel, du Maurier, Caldecott, Morris, Beardsley, Beerbohm, and Rackham.