Some advice needed on Ebay.
I recently bought a book there, that I purchased particularly for the pictures it was supposed to have.
The description stated : Over 100 vintage illustrations and images of hounds (including Pointers), including illustrations by famous sporting and natural history artists such as: Philip Reinagle (1749-1833); Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807); George Stubbs (1724-1806); James Barenger (1780-1831); Thomas Bewick (1753-1828); Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873); Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819); William Barraud (1810-1850); Edmund Caldwell (1852-1930); Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert) (1807-1858); Edmund Osthaus (1853-1928); Carl Reichert (1836-1918); Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788); Francis Barlow (1626-1704); Richard Blome (1635-1705); and Mattäus Merian (1593-1650); including illustrations from classic 19th century sources such as: The Sporting Magazine (early 19th century), William Youatt’s work on The Dog (mid-19th century), and American magazine articles (late 19th century); and including vintage photographs of famous hounds (with an emphasis on Beagles) from early 20th century sources.
The artist I was interested in was Edmund Caldwell, an ancestor of mine.
The book is published by the seller, and as far as I can tell, it's been put together by a beagle breeding kennel to give a background of the hunting dogs, with special emphasis on the origins and bloodlines whence their particular line comes. What pictures are there are badly-scanned black-and-white pictures that are often almost impossible to make out. There's no index of the pictures. Some of them appear to have been greatly enlarged from their original scan, which makes them pixellated. They range from copies of engravings to scans of photos, seemingly from a number of sources such as books and pamphlets.
While I have no doubt that they obtained permission to use the photographs, the quality of the publication is pathetic. The information is clear but the layout isn't professional. They've given what's listed in the site, but it isn't very good.
What sort of feedback would you think reasonable?
The description stated : Over 100 vintage illustrations and images of hounds (including Pointers), including illustrations by famous sporting and natural history artists such as: Philip Reinagle (1749-1833); Sawrey Gilpin (1733-1807); George Stubbs (1724-1806); James Barenger (1780-1831); Thomas Bewick (1753-1828); Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873); Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819); William Barraud (1810-1850); Edmund Caldwell (1852-1930); Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert) (1807-1858); Edmund Osthaus (1853-1928); Carl Reichert (1836-1918); Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788); Francis Barlow (1626-1704); Richard Blome (1635-1705); and Mattäus Merian (1593-1650); including illustrations from classic 19th century sources such as: The Sporting Magazine (early 19th century), William Youatt’s work on The Dog (mid-19th century), and American magazine articles (late 19th century); and including vintage photographs of famous hounds (with an emphasis on Beagles) from early 20th century sources.
The artist I was interested in was Edmund Caldwell, an ancestor of mine.
The book is published by the seller, and as far as I can tell, it's been put together by a beagle breeding kennel to give a background of the hunting dogs, with special emphasis on the origins and bloodlines whence their particular line comes. What pictures are there are badly-scanned black-and-white pictures that are often almost impossible to make out. There's no index of the pictures. Some of them appear to have been greatly enlarged from their original scan, which makes them pixellated. They range from copies of engravings to scans of photos, seemingly from a number of sources such as books and pamphlets.
While I have no doubt that they obtained permission to use the photographs, the quality of the publication is pathetic. The information is clear but the layout isn't professional. They've given what's listed in the site, but it isn't very good.
What sort of feedback would you think reasonable?