An Apology fo the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement by Robert W. Lowe. With Twenty--Six Original Mezzotint Portraits by R. B. Parkes, and Eighteen Etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. In Two Volumes [Monastery Hill Binding].
Published by London, John C. Nimmo 14, King William Street, Strand MDCCCLXXXIX. Chiswick Press Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co., [-] London. Number 199 of 305 copies., 1889
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Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
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Number 199 of 305 copies. [Limitation Statement]: "305 copies printed on this fine deckle-edge royal 8vo paper for England and America. The portraits are in duplicate, one on Japanese paper in brown ink before the letters, the other on plate paper as India paper after letters. Each copy is numbered, and the type distributed. No. 199." Two volumes; tall octavos; 6 ¾ inches x 10 ½ in. x 2 in. (thick); Volume 1: half-title/limitation page; frontispiece portrait of Cibber in two forms, with tissue guards; title-page printed in black & red; prefaces; contents; lists of mezzotint portraits and chapter headings, reproduction of an early title-page; Preface, Historical Account of the English Stage; reproduction of a title-page; lxxi, [1]-337 pp. + Chiswick Press device on reverse; Volume 2: frontispiece & prelims., [8]pp., [1]-416 pp., including index + Chiswick Press device leaf. Illustrated with 26 portraits in two forms, with tissue guards, and 18 etched chapter headings. Most pages seem to be unopened. Bound in full, dark green morocco leather by The Monastery Hill Bindery [Chicago], with their stamps in the lower margins of the back leather turn-ins. The spines show five raised bands, with gilt-lettered titles, and a design of masks with laurel wreaths, crossed horns, in compartments, with gilt borders and flourishes on the covers; the inner covers feature leather doublures with a central rose leather inlay which repeats some of the flourishes and with a linked design of inlaid dark green leather diamond & spearhead forms, linked and crossed by curving gilt double lines. Facing dark green silk covered endpapers, headbands, top-edges gilt. The spine ends, outer cover hinges, and cover corners show light rubbing to the leather surface. Tissue guards show offsetting of the portrait images. A finely bound set from The Monastery Hill Bindery, the inlaid knotwork borders on the doublures, have a slightly "Celtic", or "Anglo-Saxon" art look. The Monastery Hill Bindery was opened in Chicago in 1906. "Publisher's Preface: The twenty-six portraits in this new edition of Colley Cibber's 'Apology' are all newly engraved. The portraits are copperplate mezzotints, engraved by R[obert] B[owyer] Parkes from the best and most authentic originals, in the selection of which great care has been taken. Where more than one portrait exists, the least hackneyed likeness has been chosen, and pains have been taken to secure those pictures which are likely to be esteemed as rarities. The chapter headings are etched by Adolphe Lalauze, and the subjects represent scenes from plays illustrating the costumes, manner, and appearance of the actors of Cibber's period, from contemporary authorities." Weight: 8 1/2 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.…
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- Title
- An Apology fo the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement by Robert W. Lowe. With Twenty--Six Original Mezzotint Portraits by R. B. Parkes, and Eighteen Etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. In Two Volumes [Monastery Hill Binding].
- Author
- Cibber, Colley (1671-1757) & Adolphe Lalauze (Illustrator; 1836-1906).
- Publisher
- London, John C. Nimmo 14, King William Street, Strand MDCCCLXXXIX. Chiswick Press Printed by Charles Whittingham and Co., [-] London. Number 199 of 305 copies.
- Publication year
- 1889
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
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