Text in fine condition, beautifully bound. Turnure of New York City belongs the credit of conceiving the plan of making a new edition… with marginal illustrations on every page… The gigantic work of preparing the illustrations, nearly 1000 in number, was undertaken under the direction of William Martin Johnson… combine to a rare degree historical accuracy with artistic merit… Photogravures illustrate special scenes in the life of Christ” ( Publishers Weekly, December 1891). Ben-Hur “offers much to inspire an artist’s pencil… To Mr. “The romance Wallace is most famous for, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, is second only to Uncle Tom’s Cabin as the most popular American fiction of the 19th century and, indeed, in its various cinematic versions”-most famously, the 1959 epic starring Charlton Heston, with its dramatic chariot race-“is one of the most popular works of all time” (ANB). Limited “Garfield Edition,” number 151 of 350 copies, illustrated with 20 photogravures and almost one thousand marginal line drawings, adorning virtually every page, beautifully bound with original vellum-gilt front covers preserved. Octavo, period-style full red morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, original full vellum gilt front covers bound in at rear, uncut and occasionally unopened. “ BEN-HUR OFFERS MUCH TO INSPIRE AN ARTIST’S PENCIL”: ILLUSTRATED LIMITED EDITION OF WALLACE’S CLASSIC NOVEL, WITH 20 PHOTOGRAVURES AND NEARLY A THOUSAND MARGINAL DRAWINGS
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