19th century illustrator (27 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original aqua blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains tissue-guarded frontispiece, (vii), 421 pp with monochrome illustrations by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum. Prize plate to the front paste down, rubbing to the boards and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.…

Condizione: Good. Color Print. 4.5" x 6". Good with two tiny tears on right edge. In mylar protective sleeve.

Condizione: Very Good. = An early European ethnographic depiction of a Native Californian ceremonial dancer, produced in Germany in the mid-1840s, prior to California statehood and the Gold Rush. The figure is shown in ritual dress with feathered headdress, skirted regalia, and ceremonial staff, rendered in vivid hand-applied color. Works of this type circulated in illustrated ethnographic and geographic publications intended to introduce European audiences to Indigenous cultures of the Americas. Hand-colored wood engraving (xylography). Image size approx. 9.5 × 6.25 inches (24.2 × 15.5 cm). German caption beneath image. Presented professionally matted and ready for framing. The sheet presents with strong, well-preserved hand coloring and expected light age toning to the paper. A subtle indentation is present above the figure's head, extending through the upper portion of the spear; this is shallow, angle-dependent, and does not break the paper surface. Minor impression from handling consistent with age. Right vertical edge slightly irregular, as issued or trimmed. Overall a clean, visually striking example. Iconography Note: Contains a 19th-century European representation of Indigenous ceremonial dress and practice. Presented as a historical artifact of its time and valued for its documentary and visual record, not as an endorsement of period assumptions or interpretations. . The engraving is attributed to L. Lisbet and corresponds to an example held in the New York Public Library Digital Collections, confirming period production and subject consistency. Such images are valued for their documentary role in early visual interpretations of Native Californian life, while also reflecting 19th-century European perspectives and conventions. Subjects: Native Californians, Indigenous Ceremonial Dress, California History, Ethnography, European Views of the Americas, Americana, Western Americana, Ethnographic Prints, 19th-Century Illustration. Illustrator: L. Lisbet (illustratore). …

Condizione: Good. 22 x 28 cm. Full Color Illustration, Pulled From Book, Good with small tears, minor losses, creasing, staining.

Condizione: Good. Color photomechanical prints. 24.5 x 31 cm (sheet). Very Good, minor surface soiling.

Condizione: Good. Color illustration. 38 x 25.5 cm (sheet). Very Good, print mounted onto another support sheet, a tear at bottom of sheet, extending into image.Provenance: From the collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 18.7 x 13 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top and bottom sheet edges. Text on the reverse.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 14.5 x 10.7 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top and bottom sheet edges. Text on the reverse.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 26 x 15.5 cm. (sheet). Very Good.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 15.5 x 21 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top and bottom sheet edges. Text on the reverse.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 13 x 23.5 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on the reverse. On reverse are two illustrations by John Leech, "Mr. Tom Noddy's First Day with the Hounds After the Long Frost".

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 21.5 x 15 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top and bottom sheet edges.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 27.5 x 20 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top and bottom sheet edges. Text on the reverse with a color illustration of a performing belly dancer.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 18.5 x 21 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top sheet edge. Text on the reverse.

Condizione: Good. Black and white illustration. 14 x 14.5 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Masking tape remains showing through at top and bottom sheet edges.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored wood engraving. approx. 15.5 x 25 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on verso.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored wood engraving. approx. 22 x 29 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on verso.

Condizione: Good. Handcolored illustration. 15 x 24.5 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on verso.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored wood engraving. approx. 22 x 29 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on verso. One speck of foxing? in upper quadrant of image.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored wood engraving. approx. 19 x 28 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on verso.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored wood engraving. approx. 22 x 29 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Text on verso.

Condizione: Good. Facsimile of an original pen and ink drawing. Facsimile signature below the image. 16 x 10.5 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Sheet affixed to another support sheet along the edges.

Condizione: Good. Reproduction of Pen and ink illustration. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. (sheet). Facsimile signature below image. Very Good. Minor soiling along sheet edges.

Folio. (24 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches). First Edition. [8] [1]-10. 18 pp. 12 leaves of plates. Title with hand-colored vignette mounted on card, lithographed dedication to Princess Emilia of Baden and the Marchionesses Douglas and Clydesdale, List of Subjects and List of Vignettes on Letterpress, List of Subscribers, "To the Reader" by English, Lithograph letter from Beckford to English that is not mentioned in Abbey, 6 tinted lithograph "Illustrations of Lansdown Tower, Bath" with text on each room of the tower and Beckford's obituary and woodcut epitaph, errata note, 13 tinted and hand-colored lithograph plates mounted on 12 card leaves with pencilled titles underneath plates. Dark red straight-grained half morocco over publisher's brown moir? cloth, title stamped and lettered in gilt on front and on spine, with bookplate on pastedown Grand first edition folio volume of a fantastical folly, with 13 hand-colored lithographs of Beckford's unimpeachable decor. Shortly after the eccentric novelist, collector, bibliophile, and plantation-owner William Beckford died in May of 1844, the book Views of Lansdown Tower was published, revealing Beckford's extraordinary retreat, its luxurious interiors, and the exquisite art collection he had assembled inside this fantastical architectural folly just outside Bath, in Somerset, England. Views was initiated by Willes Maddox under the patronage of Beckford, who is found in the book's subscribers list. Beckford had moved to Bath from his estate, Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire, in 1822, and remained there until his death. In 1826, Beckford employed a young architect named Henry Goodridge (1797-1864) to build the tower and its adjoining library about a mile away from Beckford's residence in Crescent. Beckford's Tower, known initially as Lansdown Tower, was built in Italianate neo-classical style on Lansdown Hill. The Tower and its attached railings are now designated as a Grade I listed historic building by the UK. It is the only standing example of Beckford's architecture. Though he did not live there, Beckford used the tower as a showcase for his collection of art and fine books, and its crowning cupola as a belvedere for taking in picturesque vistas of the surrounding landscape. The book reproduces drawings by Maddox in lithographs by C. J. Richardson. Maddox later gained a reputation for painting the portraits of eminent Turks, and took up an invitation from the Sultan to work in Istanbul. Four of the book's 13 plates illustrate some of Beckford's objets d'art, including ceramics, ivories, and metalware, alongside his immaculate parlor furniture. The colored plates in order: I. Ornamental Title with View of Tower. II. Exterior of LansdownTower. III. The Vestibule. IV. The Scarlet Drawing Room. V. The Staircase. VI. View of the Belvedere. VII. Objects of Vertu No.1, in Mr. Beckford's Collection. VIII. The Sanctuary. IX. The Crimson Drawing Room. X. Black Cabinet in Crimson Drawing Room. XI. Objects of Vertu No.2, in Mr. Beckford's Collection. XII. The Library. XIII. Objects of Vertu No.3, in Mr. Beckford's Collection. XIV. Ornamental Furniture in Mr. Beckford's Collection. And the Vignettes in Letterpress: XV. Embattled Gateway in Garden. XVI. Italian Cottage. XVII. The Grotto. XVIII. View in Garden where the Sarcophagus stood before removed. XIX. The Tomb of Mr. Beckford. XX. The Tomb of Mr. Beckford's favourite Dog. Abbey, Scenery 420. Bobins II 682. SP Lohia 626.…

Condizione: Good. Illustration on paper. 22.5 x 13.5 cm (sheet). Facsimile signature. Very Good, light specks of foxing throughout.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored lithograph. 8 x 13 in. (image). Very Good. Sheet with center fold.Provenance: From the Collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.

Condizione: Good. Hand-colored wood engraving. 22.5 x 30 cm (image). Very Good, a few specks of foxingProvenance: From the Collection of the late Frederick G. Ruffner, Jr., founder of Gale Research, Detroit.