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Title: British Hounds and Gun-Dogs: Twenty-Four Photgravures of the Finest Quality After Original Paintings by Maud Earl Author: Earl, Maud Place: London Publisher: Berlin Photographic Co. Date: [1902] Description: 5 leaves (title, half-title, contents) and 24 mounted india proof gravure plates with tissue guards loose in porfolio. (Folio) 22x17, olive-green pictorial cloth with title and decoration in gilt and black. First Edition, limited to 500 copies, this number 95. Maud Earl (English, 1864-1943) was the best-known painter of pure-bred dogs of her era. Charming and witty portraits of the dogs of the hunt. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild wear to portfolio; some foxing to text pages, tissue guards, and margins of plates; slightly musty, about very good. Item number: 169552