Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago
A historical novel of the 1810s written by Sarah Selina Hamer and issued in 1889 by the Edinburgh and London firm Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier for general family reading. The nine plates are small wood-engraved chapter vignettes and tailpieces: circular landscape and sea views set inside wreaths of wheat, roses and vine leaves, plus a bare sprig of buttercups, giving designers ready-made roundel frames, botanical spot ornaments and line-engraved skies and water.
