Antique Lithograph?

this apparently came out of an antique book, its been matted and appears in quite good condition. I googled Penzance and could only find 1 similar image. Trying to figure out value if any......thanks!

 

You don't give size but... It appears to be a colored plate from the book Our Own Country which was published in 1898. Have you looked under the mat? There should be text and a page number.



Debora

 

It does say our own country on the back, its been hand written in pencil.....no other markings.

 

Here's the book, which was multi-volume. You can check measurement here.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Our-Own-...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Debora

 

Just cropped a bit and straightened from sideways......

 

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@Aquitaine saved all of us from getting a sore neck from tilting our heads to look at the photos

 

Wood engraving, probably hand-colored, any time since its publication. There's an outfit in California called Prints Old and Rare that colors old newspaper (the paper was better in the 19th century) and book illustrations for sale. At a guess, this would retail in the $30-$50 range, based on stuff I used to buy from them in the '90s.

 

The eBay seller describes them as steel engravings.

Debora

 

Thanks to everyone!!

 

In that listing, the frontispiece of the castle is a steel engraving, but the lake scenes are wood engravings. It was not uncommon to have both - steel engraving is much finer and more expensive to produce, requiring both special paper and presses, so they are not as common.

 

Thank you for the clarification and explanation.

Debora

 

Thanks!!

 

So I am a bit confused over the wood vs steel engravings? Which is mine, how can one tell?