Art in England During the Elizabethan and Stuart Periods – Aymer Vallance, ed. Charles Holme (1908)

A rare and finely produced art reference book published by The Studio in 1908. Written by Aymer Vallance, with an additional note on the first century of English engraving by Malcolm C. Salaman. Illustrations after drawings by Wilfrid Ball R.E., Harry P. Clifford R.B.A., E. Arthur Rowe, and William Twopeny.

Edited by Charles Holme, founder and editor of The Studio magazine. Published simultaneously in London, Paris, and New York — a prestige art publication of the Edwardian era.

The book bears the armorial bookplate of Fredk. Islay Pitman, adding historical provenance interest. The cover features gilt lettering on grey cloth boards. Interior pages are clean and well-preserved for the age of the volume.

Condition notes: Covers show light wear and scuffing to corners; boards intact; spine solid with clear gilt lettering; interior pages clean with age-appropriate toning to endpapers.