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The Flower Book. Reproductions of Thirty-Eight Watercolour Designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
by Burne-Jones, Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Piazza et Cie., for the Fine Art Society, 1905. Limited First Edition. Full Morocco. Cloth Box. . Fine. No. 94 of 300 copies issued. Initials of Fine Art Society on limitation page. 4to. 32.5 by 26.5 cm. 38 color plates. Printing only on rectos, other than the limitation page. After half-title, limitation page, title, two page preface and index, each of the "flowers" has a short text leaf followed by the plate leaf. The illustrations are all round. The flowers serve as an inspiration for artwork that doesn't depict the flowers themselves but notions suggested by the names of the flower. The artwork, as one would expect from a leading Pre-Raphaelite, has a tinge of the Medieval, and certain tenebrous and spiritual moodiness, and the air of rich symbolism. The print process employed was innovative, somewhat akin to a collotype process, with the result coming off almost like pochoir. Text and captions in red and green. Condition: perhaps a light scuff or two on the binding. Otherwise, the book itself is pristine. The box, which we believe is original to the book's issuance, has moderate wear, with some rubbing along the edges, scuffing, etc. but its existence has preserved the book itself in its wonderful condition. The box has a brass clasp, which remains fully functional.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006989
- Title
- The Flower Book. Reproductions of Thirty-Eight Watercolour Designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
- Author
- Burne-Jones, Edward
- Format/Binding
- Full Morocco. Cloth Box.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Piazza et Cie., for the Fine Art Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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