The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [Signed, Deluxe Vellum Limited Edition]

Brothers Grimm; Lucas, Mrs. Edgar

Verlag: Constable & Company, Ltd., London, 1909

Beschreibung

Rare near fine signed, limited edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham at limitation page: "This Edition is limited to 750 signed and numbered copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. No. '623,' 'Arthur Rackham.'" Gigantic folio volume weighing nearly six lbs. Presented in a beautiful bespoke (custom) vellum with gilt cover and spine design as original. Bright cream vellum boards, gilt cover titles, sharp corners with light shelf wear. Crisp cover design features stylized titles with vignette of "The Goose Girl," with children catching fish with their hands. Heavy stock deckled pages, near fine. Few with slight discoloration, toning. Bright gilded top edge. Impressively, this volume with clean golden satin ribbons to tie volume's cover closed or utilize as page markers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes the beautifully ethereal imagery of Arthur Rackham. Profusely illustrated with forty vibrant, yet beautifully subdued, tipped-in colour plates on stiff matte setting with red captioned tissue guards. Also, many full and partial page black and white illustrations by Rackham with headers, tailpieces and decorative ornamentation throughout. Rare near fine signed example of this limited edition filled with classically beautiful imagery. Arthur Rackham was one of the great illustrators of the early twentieth century, a period which is referred to as the "golden age" in British book design. His works were produced in both limited and mass market editions as there was a large market for ornately illustrated books before the First World War. Rackham used a unique style, thought to mix European and East Asian influences, that involved both pen and India Ink as well as watercolor. His work was displayed all over Europe - and received awards at International Exhibitions in Milan and Barcelona and Rackham would influence heavily many illustrators, especially those of children's books, who came after him. "Rackham's illustrations to Grimm, Hans Andersen and Poe show him at his most imaginative and observant of human nature, while his gnomes, fairies and gnarled anthropomorphic trees in Peter Pan or A Midsummer Night's Dream represent his more fantastic side. He was - and remains - a soloist in front of an orchestra, a player with the responsibility to interpret and add a personal lustre to great works with variations of infinite subtlety and grace. Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. 325 pages. Insured post. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 022341

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm ...

Verlag: Constable & Company, Ltd., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1909

Einband: Full-Leather

Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur

Zustand: Fine

Signiert: Signed by Artist

Auflage: First Edition.