John cosway (20 risultati)
- Brossura
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno UnitoRia Christie Collections
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 15,53
EUR 13,80 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Condizione: New. In.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: London : Collins & Brown ; North Pomfret, Vt. : Distributed by Trafalgar Square, 1996. 1996
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
Da: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.Joseph Valles - Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 46,74
EUR 14,79 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] 160 pp. ; illustrations (some in color), maps ; 20 x 26 cm. ; ISBN: 1855852748; 9781855852747 ; LC: DA87.1.N4; Dewey: 359.03092; 923.5 ; OCLC: 36292054 ; black cloth with gold lettering and color illustrated dustjacket… ; artwork featured, by Lemuel Abbott, Giacomo Guardi, J P Knight, P.-J. de Loutherbourg, Thomas Rowlandson, J. Fairburn, F G Fuger, J C Stadler, William Beechey, M E Cotman, Thomas Bardwell, Dominic Serres, Samuel Buck, Nathaniel Buck, Edward Orme, Gi lbert Stuart, Richard Westall, John Francis Rigaud, John Augustus Atkinson, Benjamin West, John Downman, Daniel Orme, Nicholas Pocock, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, Samuel Shelley, David Allan, James Gillray, George Romney, Vigee Lebrun, John Thomas Serres , Leonardo Guzzardi, Johann Heinrich Schmidt, Isaac Cruikshank, Richard Cosway, and Thomas Baxter ; VG/VG. Book.
Altre immagini- Brossura
- Print on Demand
Da: Forgotten Books, London, Regno UnitoForgotten Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 15,50
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. Capture the allure of 18th-century miniature art and glimpse the refined elegance of the Rococo era in this exquisite volume. The author, a renowned connoisseur, offers profound insights into the mastery of renowned miniaturists such as John Downman and Richard Cosway. Through captiva…ting descriptions of their works, this book explores the techniques, styles, and cultural significance of miniature portraiture during a period of immense artistic innovation and social change. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
- Brossura
- Prima edizione
- Firmato
Da: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, CanadaMAPLE RIDGE BOOKS
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 63,57
EUR 8,29 spedizioneSpedito da Canada a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp: 229. STATED FIRST EDITION. Black and white pictorial card covers. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Over the years Cosway, as part of his job, or on his own, photographed many of the musicians of the sixties and seventies. He kept these ph…otos (very few were published) in a box he carried around. Once he retired, he began processing these shots. This book offers the collection with accompanying text. A near fine copy in unread condition. There is light wear at the corners. Signed by Author(s).
- Brossura
Da: moluna, Greven, , Germaniamoluna
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 22,11
EUR 48,99 spedizioneSpedito da Germania a U.S.A.Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Condizione: New.
- Brossura
- Print on Demand
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.PBShop.store US
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 17,55
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
- Brossura
- Print on Demand
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno UnitoPBShop.store UK
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 17,07
EUR 3,79 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Altre immaginiEditore: Self Published By the Author 2018
- Rilegato
Da: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, CanadaHomeward Bound Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 44,95
EUR 14,84 spedizioneSpedito da Canada a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. 229 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the edges and corner tips. Shows slight shelf rubbing. A photo-journalist's book of black and white photographs of well-known musicians from the 1950's to the 1970's. The author provides commentary about the circumstances… and experiences of his encounters with famous names as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead and more.
Editore: John Cosway 2018
- Brossura
- Prima edizione
Da: bmyguest books, Toronto, ON, Canadabmyguest books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 54,89
EUR 13,08 spedizioneSpedito da Canada a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Paperback, First Edition Stated, 229 Pages. In Very Good Condition.We will state signed at the description section. we confirm they are signed via email or stated in the description box. - Specializing in academic, collectiblle and historically significant, providing the utmost qua…lity and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
- Brossura
- Print on Demand
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, , Regno UnitoMajestic Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 18,33
EUR 7,49 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 4 disponibili
Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 32.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Madison House Pub, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 1999
- Rilegato
Da: BWS BKS, Ferndale, NY, U.S.A.BWS BKS
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 1776,29
EUR 2,62 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 2 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: New.
- Brossura
- Print on Demand
Da: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.Books Puddle
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 23,67
EUR 3,48 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 4 disponibili
Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 32.
- Brossura
- Print on Demand
Da: Biblios, frankfurt am main, HESSE, GermaniaBiblios
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 4 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 18,77
EUR 9,95 spedizioneSpedito da Germania a U.S.A.Quantità: 4 disponibili
Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 32.
- Rilegato
- Print on Demand
Da: True World of Books, Delhi, , IndiaTrue World of Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Nuovo
EUR 21,57
Spedizione gratuitaSpedito da India a U.S.A.Quantità: 18 disponibili
LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1898 edition…. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 34 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Editore: 'Given on board the Ocean off Cadiz |12th. August ' 1806
- Firmato
- Manoscritto
Da: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, , Regno UnitoRichard M. Ford Ltd
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 213,61
EUR 5,18 spedizioneSpedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Both items in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE: Copy letter. 2pp., folio. On paper with watermark 'JOHN HOWARD | 1804'. Ends: 'To | Sir J. T. Duckworth K.B. | Vice Admiral of the White | &ca. &ca. &ca. | Given on board the Ocean off Cadiz | 12th. August 1806 | (signed) Collingwood | By Command of the Vice Admiral…| (signed) W R Cosway | A Copy'. Headed: 'By the Right Honble Cuthbert Lord Collingwood, Vice Admiral of the Red, and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed and to be employed in the Mediterranean &c.' Requiring and strictly enjoining abstention from derogatory acts, following 'repeated Complaints [.] by the Ministers of Her most faithful Majesty of Acts being committed by certain Commanders of His Majesty's Ships, derogatory to the respect due to the Portuguese Flag, and in violation of the neutrality of that Nation - by seizing on Ships, delaying them on their Lawful Voyages, - and committing Hostility on their Coast within the bounds which are prescribed to neutrality'. TWO: Headed 'Extract from the Treaty of Westminster, with Portugal, 10th. July 1654.' 1p., 4to. On leaf with 1802 watermark.
Altre immaginiEditore: Chatto and Windus, London 1884
Da: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA)
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 3 stelleCondizione: Usato
EUR 32.721,10
EUR 8,73 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
No. 36 OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES. 283 x 207 mm. (11 1/4 x 8 1/4"). 4 p.l., 183, [1] pp.With a preface and explanatory notes by John Addington Symonds. SPLENDID CRIMSON MOROCCO COSWAY BINDING BY RIVIERE & SON from desgins by J. H. STONEHOUSE (stamp-signed on front turn-in), the morocco very densely stippled with gold, as a backgro…und from an allover design of grapevines, springing from a base at the foot of the spine and swirling up the spine and across both covers, the branches laden with clusters of golden fruit, the upper left quadrant of each cover with a large (112 x 86 mm.) HAND-PAINTED MINIATURE UNDER GLASS BY MISS C. B. CURRIE (stamp-signed on rear turn-in), the miniature on the front cover a replica of Guido Reni's painting Bacchus, that on rear cover reproducing Maratta's The Fruit Picker, raised bands, two spine panels with gilt lettering framed by grapevines, turn-ins framed by gilt fillets and wide band of stippling, olive green watered silk endleaves, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed (gold lightly retouched along front joint). Housed in the original chamois-lined honey-brown morocco pull-off case by Riviere & Son. A Large Paper Copy. Henry Sotheran Illustrated Catalogue No. 41 of Beautiful Cosway Bindings with Miss Currie's World-Famous Miniatures (1913), reproduced in Ratcliffe's Cosway Bindings, volume I. A tiny bit of wear just showing at the top of rear joint, beginning of text with isolated trivial finger smudges, but A VERY FINE COPY inside and out, the text with gigantic margins, the binding brilliant with gold, and the miniatures in perfect condition. Containing a selection of 12th and 13th century songs mocking the sanctimonious and praising riotous living, this Ultra-Large Paper edition of "Wine, Women, and Song" is offered here in a splendid example of a so-called Cosway binding, one that appropriately embodies opulence and celebration, and one that features the work of the most famous painter to collaborate on Cosway bindings. The satirical verses here were composed in Latin by a wandering group of students and young clerics known as the Goliards. Primarily made up of younger sons from wealthy families forced into careers in the church by the laws of primogeniture, these rebellious youths had little interest in an ascetic religious life, and so took to the roads of England, France, and Germany as bands of singers and entertainers. Their songs mock Church hypocrisies and celebrate the sensual pleasures of a worldly existence. The Cosway style of binding, with painted miniatures inlaid in handsome morocco, apparently originated with the London bookselling firm of Henry Sotheran about 1909, the year G. C. Williamson's book entitled "Richard Cosway" was remaindered by Sotheran and presumably given this special decorative treatment. The name "Cosway" then was used to describe any book so treated, whatever its subject. Our copy was splendidly produced by the widely-recognized triumvirant of Cosway binding partners: Riviere, Stonehouse, and Currie. Specifically, finely painted miniatures on Cosway bindings were executed by Caroline Billin Currie (1849-1940) from 1910 until her death, creating such paintings for the bookseller Sotheran's, usually (as here) from designs by J. H. Stonehouse for bindings executed (again, as here) by the long-established binders Riviere. In their 1913 catalogue, Sotheran's described the present binding as a "beautiful example" (and offered it for sale at the considerable sum of £78). The portraits gracing Cosway-style bindings vary greatly in their level of achievement; Miss Currie's paintings are universally acknowledged as the very best. And whereas the majority of Cosway paintings (whether by Currie or an inferior artist) appear in relatively small ovals, the two paintings on the covers here are striking because of their considerably larger size. In addition, while most Cosway bindings show head-and-shoulder portraits, Miss Currie has here reinterpreted two charming paintings with oenophilic subjects: "The.
Altre immaginiEditore: Cassell and Company Ltd, London 1932
- Prima edizione
Da: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 4944,12
EUR 17,45 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Fine. First edition. Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 inches; 219 x 152 mm.). 388 pp. Extra illustrated by the insertion of twelve plates, three of which are hand colored. A fine Cosway-Style binding by Bayntun (Rivière) ca. 1940, stamp signed in gilt on front turn-in. Full sangria red morocco, covers elaborately tooled in gilt in…a fine thistle design. Front cover with a fine hand-painted oval portrait miniature (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches; 82 x 63 mm.) of a young Sir Walter Scott, set under glass and surrounded by a fine thistle design in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled with a thistle design and lettered in gilt in compartments. Decorative gilt board edges and wide turn-ins. Marbled liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. Housed in the original felt-lined purple cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. Sir Walter Scott was a preeminent Scottish author, historian, and biographer famed for his historical fiction and poetry. "Waverley, which he published anonymously in 1814, is now considered the first historical novel in Western literature. This story revolves around the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745" (Poetry Foundation). This biography was written by John Buchan (1875-1940) another prolific Scottish novelist and historian, whose works include The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle. He was also a Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada and studied classics at the University of Glasgow. George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery (1894) dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" (Princeton). Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Fine.
Altre immaginiEditore: William Pickering, London 1831
Da: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 5843,05
EUR 17,45 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Near Fine. The Aldine Edition. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 inches; 166 x 101 mm.). [i]-clxxxii [Life and Anecdotes of Goldsmith], [1]-156 pp, with engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound c. 1930 by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd., stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in, with the S&S monogram stamped in gilt… on rear doublure. Full dark red crushed levant morocco over beveled boards with elaborate gilt-rolled borders and gilt-tooled frame. Front cover with Oliver Goldsmith's initials within a decorative thistle tool frame. Rear cover with central gilt wreath. Spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges, broad, gilt-rolled dentelles, green silk end-leaves, top edge gilt. Gilt-tooled green calf doublures with decorative gilt corner-pieces. Front doublure with a fine gilt-framed oval portrait miniature watercolor under glass of Oliver Goldsmith. Front joint expertly and almost invisibly repaired. A Near Fine example of an S&S Cosway-Style binding. The Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), is probably best known for his popular novel Vicar of Wakefield (1766). Here however readers encounter a different side to his craft. Part of The Aldine Poet Series-a twenty-year long and fifty-three volume project of new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the nineteenth century-this book highlights Goldsmith's poetry. Apart from poetry and novels, Goldsmith wrote plays and legend has it, the children's story The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. Kept busy by writing quickly and voluminously for Grub Street, the center of London's disreputable part of the literary world, Goldsmith nevertheless also found time to hone novels such as The Vicar of Wakefield, poems such as The Deserted Village, and plays such as She Stoops to Conquer. Contemporaries celebrated Goldsmith's ability to craft deceptively complex characters, most notably in the case of Charles Primrose, the vicar from The Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith counted Samuel Johnson among his closest friends, and Johnson wrote the epitaph that appears on Goldsmith's memorial in Westminster Abbey's famous Poets' Corner: "To the memory of Oliver Goldsmith, poet, philosopher and historian, by whom scarcely any style of writing was left untouched and no one touched unadorned, whether to move to laughter or tears; a powerful, yet lenient master of the affections, in genius sublime, vivid, and versatile, in expression, noble, brilliant, and delicate, is cherished in this monument by the love of his companions, the fidelity of his friends, and the admiration of his readers." The story of the Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery reads like something out of a novel-when two of Douglas Cockrell's talented apprentices, Frances Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, were laid off during an economic downturn they began working out of an attic. Eventually their bindery would be famous for its intricate multicolored leather inlays and elaborate gold and jeweled bindings. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Near Fine.
Altre immaginiEditore: Bradbury and Evans/Chapman & Hall, London 1848
- Prima edizione
Da: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 13.034,51
EUR 17,45 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Near Fine. First edition. Three octavo volumes (8 x 4 7/8 in; 204 x 123 mm.) collating: xvii, [4], 232; 233-448; [2], 451-704 pp. A fine set with etched half-title, three additional title-pages printed in red and black, and fifty black and white text illustrations as issued, with over seventy-five extra engraved port…raits and views. Bound c. 1930 by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Brentano's (stamp-signed) in full crushed teal blue morocco over beveled boards with elaborate gilt-rolled borders and gilt-tooled frame. Spines with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-ruled board edges, broad, gilt-rolled dentelles. Gilt-tooled beige morocco doublures featuring three watercolor portraits in sunken panels bordered with red morocco under glass of Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, and David Garrick respectively, with gilt laurels. White moiré silk flyleaves. Beveled edges. All edges gilt. Some expert repairs to the outer joints of each volume. With the bookplate of Samuel Wieder. Housed in the original felt-lined, marbled paper-covered slipcase with blue morocco edges. This biography details the life of Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774), probably best known for his novel Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the most popular book of the 18th century. Here however readers encounter a different side to his craft. Part of The Aldine Poet Series-a twenty-year long and fifty-three volume project of new editions of classic British poets from Chaucer through to the nineteenth century-this book highlights Goldsmith's poetry. Apart from poetry and novels, Goldsmith wrote plays and legend has it, the children's story The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. Goldsmith was a noted Irish wit and a member of Samuel Johnson's famed literary club, who Johnson praised in a memorial epitaph as: "In genius, vivid, versatile, sublime. In style, clear, elevated, elegant." Contemporaries celebrated Goldsmith's ability to craft deceptively complex characters, most notably in the case of Charles Primrose, the vicar from The Vicar of Wakefield. The story of the Sangorski & Sutcliffe Bindery reads like something out of a novel-when two of Douglas Cockrell's talented apprentices, Frances Sangorski and George Sutcliffe, were laid off during an economic downturn they began working out of an attic. Eventually their bindery would be famous for its intricate multicolored leather inlays and elaborate gold and jeweled bindings. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Near Fine.
Altre immaginiEditore: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London 1917
- Prima edizione
Da: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Ottimo
EUR 7640,92
EUR 17,45 spedizioneSpedito in U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Condizione: Fine. First edition. A very fine copy, octavo (8 3/8 x 5 7/16 inches; 213 x 138 mm.). xviii, errata slip, 598p. Tipped-in color portrait frontispiece and twelve full page illustrations including a facsimile letter. A fine Cosway-Style binding ca. 1940 by Bayntun Rivière (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full r…ed crushed levant morocco, both covers with a geometrical design in gilt. The upper cover with a fine oval portrait miniature set under glass of John Keats surround by an elaborate gilt floral design. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Decorative gilt board-edges and turn-ins, Cockerel liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. housed original felt-lined red cloth clamshell case, spine lettered in gilt. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever: Its loveliness increases, it will never pass into nothingness." The creator of some of the most famous lines in English verse, Keats' works are odes to the timelessness of the idea of beauty, even as its reality fades. Among his core themes are the tension between man's mortality and the immortality of his muse, and the role art plays in assisting the creation of a lasting legacy. Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927) was an English curator and literary and art critic. As the author and editor of this "Life," he hoped to blend the biographic with the poetic to enhance readers understanding of Keat's work. It was published in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Keat's first volume (Preface). George Bayntun (1873-1940) was the founder of Bayntun Bindery (1894) dedicated to using traditional hand-crafted techniques and high-quality materials. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" (Princeton). Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939, transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery," which is still in existence and family owned. Although named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway (1742-1821), the desirable "Cosway Binding" with its jewel-like portrait miniature set into a fine binding was first developed at the turn of the century by J.H. Stonehouse, director of London's Henry Sotheran Booksellers. Their miniatures were painstakingly crafted by the talented painter Miss C. B. Currie (1849-1940). As the style grew in popularity, other publishing houses quickly began to reproduce this technique-each developing their own desirable take on the aesthetic-referred to as "Cosway style.". Fine.
