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The Dewy Morn. A novel

Jefferies, Richard · 1884 · R. Bentley & Son · 12 pictures

A three-volume Victorian novel by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies, published in London by Richard Bentley & Son in 1884 for the circulating-library readership. Its illustrations are small black-and-white wood-engraved tailpieces of wild plants — strawberry runners with blossom and fruit, sprays of narrow-leaved flowers — drawn as flat silhouettes with white outlines, usable as chapter ornaments, spot motifs, or repeat units.

British Library · HMNTS 12636.w.6. · Digitised by the British Library with Microsoft · No known copyright restrictions (public domain) · More from this library