[Ledger of Edmund Evans, wood engraver and color printer, London.]. 1854-1857.

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[Ledger of Edmund Evans, wood engraver and color printer, London.]. 1854-1857.

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[14], 259 leaves, bound ; 33 cm.

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Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905

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Evans was born Feb. 23, 1826 in Southwark, London, England; at 13 years old, he became reading boy at Samuel Bentley's, printers in Shoe Lane; in 1840 he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells; started business as wood-engraver, first on Fleet St. and later on Racquet Court; became known as color engraver, printing The poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1858) and A chronicle of England (1864); color-printed children's books by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway; retired in ...