Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860: Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panoramas Etc.

J. R. Abbey

Verlag: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, London, 1953

Beschreibung

A smart limited edition copy of this bibliographical catalogue containing vibrant artwork depicting life in England, from the library of William Foyle. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number fifty-five.In the publisher's original cloth binding.A broad catalogue of artwork exploring life in England, with sections on art collections, the navy and army, sports, railways, costume, panoramas, magazines and more.Illustrated using the printmaking techniques aquatint, for tonal effects, and lithography.With a colour frontispiece, thirty-two collotype plates and fifty in-text illustrations. Collated complete.From the library of W. A. Foyle, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. William Alfred Westropp Foyle (1885-1963) was a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother Gilbert Foyle.Foyle was one of the leading London booksellers of the 20th century, with the name itself becoming synonymous with bookselling. During the Second World War, Foyle bought Beeleigh Abbey, a 12th century monastery on the River Chelmer at Maldon, Essex. It was there that Foyle formed one of the largest English private libraries of the 20th century.Beeleigh Abbey is stated on the bookplate under Foyle's name. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Loss to text to spine label. Marks to the boards. Bookplate of one W. A. Foyle to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 911Y33

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography ...

Verlag: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1953

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not stated

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book