A consideration of the art of Ernest Moffitt

Text by Lionel Lindsay. Melbourne: Atlas Press, 1899. Quarto, original wrappers with woodcut decorations by Norman and Lionel Lindsay (upper wrapper with pale stain, edges rubbed), 40pp, with an original etching by Moffitt printed by Victor Cobb, black-and-white Lindsay decorations in the text, pictorial title and verso by Norman Lindsay. One of only 200 copies, with numbered limitation slip; internally excellent, a very good copy.

This was the first book illustrated by either Lindsay, and also the first monograph on an Australian artist. The Norman and Lionel Lindsay decorations on the covers are original artworks.

Rare.