[Arthur W. Dow | Association Copy] Composition E-List 23 likely commissioned by them) with

likely commissioned by them) with the front and rear of both volumes featuring a large central ornament of inlaid blue

Lavishly extra illustrated by William Cushing Bamburgh in his distinctive style

Holden at the shop of Frank & Emily Mathewson

Baldassare

grey end papers

[Arthur W. Dow | Association Copy] Composition E-List 23 likely commissioned by them) withDow, Arthur Wesley. Composition: A Series of Exercises Selected from a New System of Art Education. Boston: J. M. Bowles, 1899. Composition and presswork by the Heintzemann Press. The extremely scarce first printing (the second printing in 1899 was published by The Baker and Taylor Company). Illustrations in green gray depicting Dows theory of Notan, along with additional illustrations on glossy paper. Paper covered boards with grey toned page edges.