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The Printed Work of Claud Lovat Fraser.
[By Christopher Millard.]
London Henry Danielson 1923.
Book, bibliography, 8vo (255 x 155mm, 10 x 6") five plates by Clark including portrait frontispiece, pp. 106. Quarter black buckram with printed spine label, Lovat Fraser Curwen patterned paper-covered boards. One of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on antique de luxe paper numbered '183' and signed by the author. With errata slip and extra spine label. A very good copy, uncut, with minor rubbing to extremities.
Claud Lovat Fraser (1890 - 1921) was an artist and designer of theatrical characters and scenes, and decorations for chap-books and broadsides, which were published under the title Flying Fame (1913). Judged by their imaginative quality, these latter designs are perhaps the most important which he achieved. On the outbreak of the European War in 1914 Fraser joined the army, and in 1916 was invalided home from Flanders. In 1919 he held the first representative exhibition of his work, and established his reputation. In the next year his designs for the settings and costumes of As You Like It and The Beggar's Opera, produced at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, brought him unusual fame, and from this time onwards he produced innumerable designs for the theatre. He made a close study also of the various approaches to process-reproduction in colour, and this resulted in a prolific output by him of booklets, rhyme sheets, end papers, trade cards, and similar matter. He had realized early the importance of visualizing design and type together as an inseparable whole; and the methods which he came to employ in his printed and published work exercised a considerable influence. Among the later books which he decorated, Poems from the Works of Charles Cotton (1922) and The Luck of the Bean-Rows by Charles Nodier (1921) are notable examples. He made designs for other theatrical productions, such as La Serva Padrona, Lord Dunsany's If, two ballets for Madame Tamar Karsavina, and Gustav Holst's Savitri.
[Ref: 11922] £220.00
[By Christopher Millard.]
London Henry Danielson 1923.
Book, bibliography, 8vo (255 x 155mm, 10 x 6") five plates by Clark including portrait frontispiece, pp. 106. Quarter black buckram with printed spine label, Lovat Fraser Curwen patterned paper-covered boards. One of a limited edition of 275 copies printed on antique de luxe paper numbered '183' and signed by the author. With errata slip and extra spine label. A very good copy, uncut, with minor rubbing to extremities.
Claud Lovat Fraser (1890 - 1921) was an artist and designer of theatrical characters and scenes, and decorations for chap-books and broadsides, which were published under the title Flying Fame (1913). Judged by their imaginative quality, these latter designs are perhaps the most important which he achieved. On the outbreak of the European War in 1914 Fraser joined the army, and in 1916 was invalided home from Flanders. In 1919 he held the first representative exhibition of his work, and established his reputation. In the next year his designs for the settings and costumes of As You Like It and The Beggar's Opera, produced at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, brought him unusual fame, and from this time onwards he produced innumerable designs for the theatre. He made a close study also of the various approaches to process-reproduction in colour, and this resulted in a prolific output by him of booklets, rhyme sheets, end papers, trade cards, and similar matter. He had realized early the importance of visualizing design and type together as an inseparable whole; and the methods which he came to employ in his printed and published work exercised a considerable influence. Among the later books which he decorated, Poems from the Works of Charles Cotton (1922) and The Luck of the Bean-Rows by Charles Nodier (1921) are notable examples. He made designs for other theatrical productions, such as La Serva Padrona, Lord Dunsany's If, two ballets for Madame Tamar Karsavina, and Gustav Holst's Savitri.
[Ref: 11922] £220.00
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Heads After Rembrandt [front cover.]
[Jonathan Spilsbury.]
[Some plates dated 1776. Compiled c.1800.]
Book, 8vo (225 x 160mm, 9 x 6¼"), 24 etched plates of busts by Spilsbury after the manner of Rembrandt; on thick laid paper, in original full green gilt-stamped morocco. Spine and extremities of binding scuffed and rubbed; some spotting and discoloration to plates.
It seems this vibrant and engaging collection of studies of heads is compiled from smaller sets, of up to six etchings (some plates are numbered, no plate higher than 6). Most plates initialled, or signed in plate, by Jonathan Spilsbury (1737 - 1812).
See BM: 1861,0413.528 for a set of six included here.
[Ref: 13573] £950.00 view all images for this item
[Jonathan Spilsbury.]
[Some plates dated 1776. Compiled c.1800.]
Book, 8vo (225 x 160mm, 9 x 6¼"), 24 etched plates of busts by Spilsbury after the manner of Rembrandt; on thick laid paper, in original full green gilt-stamped morocco. Spine and extremities of binding scuffed and rubbed; some spotting and discoloration to plates.
It seems this vibrant and engaging collection of studies of heads is compiled from smaller sets, of up to six etchings (some plates are numbered, no plate higher than 6). Most plates initialled, or signed in plate, by Jonathan Spilsbury (1737 - 1812).
See BM: 1861,0413.528 for a set of six included here.
[Ref: 13573] £950.00 view all images for this item
Les Beautes Architecturales de Londres.
Edition Poliglotte en Francais, Anglais et Allemand.
H. Mandeville, Paris. Ackermann & Co. & Read & Co. London. Engraved for "Mighty London Illustrated" Read & Co. 10, Johnson's Co. Fleet St. [n.d. c.1855.]
Folio. pp. 54. With 35 b/w plates.Original gold embossed blue cloth and spine title, cover image (Crystal Palace). Spine worn with tears and edges scuffed.
A series of illustrations with explanatory text of exterior and interior views of the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace; the Globe and Monster's Wyld, the Royal Exchange, Kensington Palace, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Zoological Gardens and many other historic buildings in London.
[Ref: 21973] £750.00 view all images for this item
Edition Poliglotte en Francais, Anglais et Allemand.
H. Mandeville, Paris. Ackermann & Co. & Read & Co. London. Engraved for "Mighty London Illustrated" Read & Co. 10, Johnson's Co. Fleet St. [n.d. c.1855.]
Folio. pp. 54. With 35 b/w plates.Original gold embossed blue cloth and spine title, cover image (Crystal Palace). Spine worn with tears and edges scuffed.
A series of illustrations with explanatory text of exterior and interior views of the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace; the Globe and Monster's Wyld, the Royal Exchange, Kensington Palace, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Zoological Gardens and many other historic buildings in London.
[Ref: 21973] £750.00 view all images for this item
Les Étoiles du Chant. Gabrielle Krauss. Adelina Patti. Christina Nilson.
[n.d. c.1870.]
4to (286 x 209mm. 11¼ x 8¼".), blue nineteenth century demi-toilé covers with gilt names on front cover and title on spine with patterning; also two facsimile letters bound inside. 22 pp. 7 b/w illustrations. Some scuffing and wearing to the covers. Time stained.
Biographical notes in French on the following three singers. [Marie] Gabrielle Krauss (1842-1906), was an Austrian soprano. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Marchesi. She made her debut in Berlin (1859) as Mathilde in William Tell. Adelina Patti (1843-1919) was a Spanish 19th-century opera singer. The composer Verdi described her as being perhaps the finest singer who had ever lived and a 'stupendous artist'. Christina Nilsson (1843-1921) was a Swedish operatic soprano who was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti. She became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1869. The first letter in French over eleven lines, dated 'Paris, 1er Mai 1869' and signed 'Gabrielle Krauss', with her giving permission and recognition of the author's 'Étoiles du Chant'. Second letter in French over sixteen lines, dated 'Paris, 1er Mai 1868', and signed 'Adelina Patti', with her giving the author recognition, praise and permission to include her in hits 'Étoiles du Chant'. The author was Guy de Charnace (1825-1909), and he was a French writer, journalist, agronomist and musicologist.
[Ref: 22180] £280.00
[n.d. c.1870.]
4to (286 x 209mm. 11¼ x 8¼".), blue nineteenth century demi-toilé covers with gilt names on front cover and title on spine with patterning; also two facsimile letters bound inside. 22 pp. 7 b/w illustrations. Some scuffing and wearing to the covers. Time stained.
Biographical notes in French on the following three singers. [Marie] Gabrielle Krauss (1842-1906), was an Austrian soprano. She studied at the Vienna Conservatory with Marchesi. She made her debut in Berlin (1859) as Mathilde in William Tell. Adelina Patti (1843-1919) was a Spanish 19th-century opera singer. The composer Verdi described her as being perhaps the finest singer who had ever lived and a 'stupendous artist'. Christina Nilsson (1843-1921) was a Swedish operatic soprano who was considered a rival to the Victorian era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti. She became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1869. The first letter in French over eleven lines, dated 'Paris, 1er Mai 1869' and signed 'Gabrielle Krauss', with her giving permission and recognition of the author's 'Étoiles du Chant'. Second letter in French over sixteen lines, dated 'Paris, 1er Mai 1868', and signed 'Adelina Patti', with her giving the author recognition, praise and permission to include her in hits 'Étoiles du Chant'. The author was Guy de Charnace (1825-1909), and he was a French writer, journalist, agronomist and musicologist.
[Ref: 22180] £280.00