Illuminator (78 results)
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Seller: Unique Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.Unique Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. b-237 Inscribed by Mary Breeden on half title page. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).
Published by NY: Doubleday Page & Co., (copyright 1910)., 1910
- Hardcover
Seller: Sara Armstrong - Books, Cedarville, CA, U.S.A.Sara Armstrong - Books
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73pp of test, 21 full page color plates, (7.5 x 10 inches). Very Good condition, hard cover, no dust jacket. Pale green cloth over boards with a pictorial paste-on illustration (which might be counted as another plate). Gilt spine titles bright, boards clean. Corners and spine ends rubbed, one corner bumped, the front illustrati…on lightly rubbed with a few little scratches. Contents clean, bright and tight, no chips, tears or creases, no markings. The plates are vivid and almost glow with color. Some have bright gilt trim. Christmas, Easter, New Year's, Thanksgiving, May Day, St. Valentine's Day. et al.
Holy Bible Authorized King James Version
Howard Morris-Designer [Illustrator]; Fritz Kredel-Illuminator [Illustrator];
Language: English
Published by Abradale Press, Inc./Consolidated Book, 1977
- Hardcover
Seller: Blindpig Books, salt lake city, UT, U.S.A.Blindpig Books
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hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Some wear. Very readable copy. Howard Morris-Designer (illustrator).
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- First Edition
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.Sea Chest Books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Horizontally oblong tall octavo first edition hard cover with illustrated paper covered boards. No dust jacket, as published. Illustrated end papers, front and back. Fine, as new condition, with the three perforated removable postcards still bound in at the end. Introductory paragraph o…n the front glued down end paper."Four hundred million years ago or so, the lands of the world were united into a large supercontinent called Pangea. Guess what! Along the coastline of Pangea, during the Carboniferous period, trees started to evolve the ability to walk and talk. It's true!But before walking and talking." and it continues from there. The story cuts to modern times when Samantha and Daz are playing on the shoreline, and some of these trees appear from the ocean. They are befriended by some walking , talking trees with names. 31 pp. James the Illuminator (illustrator).
Published by Galerie Six Friedrich 1989, 1989
- Softcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketQuarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Language: English
Published by Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1899
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Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.Yesterday's Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLimp Leather. Condition: G to G+. No Jacket. Limited and Numbered. 162 pp, Volume VII New Series, Book II, this is # 402 of 947 copies of this edition signed by Elbert Hubbard and hand-illumined by Nellie Bowen, title page is dated MCM, there are 6 full page portraits of English authors accompanied by a chapter about them, there… is hand- illumining throughout, a thin ribbon, apparently used as a book mark, has left brown marks on the 2 pages it was between, otherwise the contents are clean, the limp leather covers have some wear at top and bottom of spine and lower right hand front cover corner, the edges have some sunning, a solid book with clean contents and signed by the author. Nellie Bowen (Illuminator) (illustrator). Author Signed.
Published by St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church, San Francisco, 2001
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Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.David Gaines
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Wraps (PB) in near fine condition with just light cover wear. Special issue commerating the churches 35th anniversary. In Armenian and English languages. Stories and photos from these years. Includes 1 page advertisement for "The Armenians" a PBS TV special.
Published by St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church, San Francisco, 2001
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Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.David Gaines
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Wraps (PB) in near fine condition with just light cover wear. Special issue commerating the churches 35th anniversary. In Armenian and English languages. Stories and photos from these years. Includes 1 page advertisement for "The Armenians" a PBS TV special. Size: over 9¾ - 12".
Published by Finland: Yhteiskirjapaino Oy
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Finland: Yhteiskirjapaino Oy, 1984. Ooblong Sm 8vo Paperback. Armenian, with some Russian and English. Color photos. Good book. Rear hinge starting to crack. (armenia, history, photography, outdoors) Inquire if you need further information.
Published by Seeley, GB, 1895
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- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: G+. No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in good plus condition with quite noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Some wear to top of spine.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh, 1875
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Seller: Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, United KingdomNikki Green Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Landscape 8vo, pp12 Illustrated with four full page chromolithographs printed in colour & gold which are printed on one side only and the musical score to the back of both covers. Soft cover issued without dust jacket. Pictorial card covers with other Nimmo publications to back cover. Ca…rd binding in good condition with small split to bottom of spine and a little rubbing to edges and tips. Inside a few small smudges, otherwise all pages and wonderful plates in very good clean and bright condition. A lovely copy of this scarce item.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition edition. 80 pages. 15.00x10.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
More imagesPublished by The Heritage Press [No date indicated], New York
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Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. [not indicated]. Large narrow octavo with red leather boards embossed with floral designs; 32 unnumbered pages (uncut): illustrations; 26 cm. A beautiful object, generously illustrated and a pleasure to behold. This collection of timeless verse portrays the extraordinary love that compels one to leave father and mothe…r cleave unto another, and become one flesh with the beloved. These passionate poems are for anyone who has ever known the ecstasy and the pain of love. // Bible A.T. Ouvrages illustr?s, Bible. Song of Solomon, Bible. Song of Solomon Illustrations, Blocked bindings (Binding), ?ditions de luxe Sp?cimens, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts Specimens, Illustrated works, Jewish illumination of books and manuscripts, Private press books, Private press books (Printing), Private press books Specimens, Specimens, Typefaces (Type evidence) Lutetia. A VG(+) copy with stunning color printing; some fraying to head/foot of spine; light scratch to front boards and mild wear to edges and corners.
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Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United KingdomRevaluation Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition edition. 80 pages. 15.00x10.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.
More imagesRosary of the times. -Subhatu' l-Ahbar. A seventeenth-century reperesentation of world history in genealogical form with 102 miniatures from Adam and Eve to Mehmed IV. - Facsimile print !
Rosary of the times. - Dervis Mehmed Ibn Saih Ramadan. Illuminator: Hasan al-musavvir al-Istanbuli (Husain the painter from Istanbul). -
Language: Arabic
Published by Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1981 - Facsimile print !, 1981
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Seller: Antiquariat Carl Wegner, Berlin, B, GermanyAntiquariat Carl Wegner
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Add to basketHardcover. 4°. Roter schmaler Original-Lederband mit Einbandschmuck in goldener Prägung, am Hinterdeckel leicht beschabt. Enthalten sind 17 beidseitig bedruckte Blätter in arabischer Sprache, reich farbig illustriert. Titelblatt in englischer Sprache. Schönes Exemplar. --- Red original leather with decoration in gold embossing,…slightly scuffed on the back cover. Included are 17 sheets printed on both sides in Arabic, richly illustrated in color. Title page in English. Nice condition. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Leuchtender Herbstbeginn! Wie wäre es mit einem guten Buch? Bei uns werden Sie fündig, stöbern Sie in unserem Ladengeschäft oder online. -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! Arab.ik.
Language: English
Published by George Braziller, Inc. : In association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1991
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- First Edition
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Dagenham, United KingdomJoseph Burridge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DJ faded, owner's plate. 239 pages : illustrations, colour facsimiles, map ; 36 cm. Notes: Facsimile reproductions, in full colour, of all the illuminated leaves contained in the manuscript New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, M. 644 (the "Morgan Beatus"),…accompanied by critical essays, commentary, and notes In the original manuscript, the illuminations accompany a commentary on the Book of the Apocalypse compiled in the eighth century by the Spanish monk Beatus of Liebana "Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M. 644) in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York"--Title page verso "M. 644. Super Apocalypsim . written and illuminated in Spain in 926 by Maius"--Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada.
Te Deum Laudamus - Illuminated by Esther Faithfull Fleet
Faithfull Emily (printer), Fleet Esther Faithfull (illuminator)
Language: English
Published by Victoria Press, London, 1868
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- First Edition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United KingdomEdinburgh Books
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good - See Description. First Edition. No stated date but understood to be 1868 and the first edition. The first part of the book is unpaginated and consists of a title-page and a dedication page, followed by 29 beautiful chromolithograph plates (each protected with a thin blank page). These are followe…d by 9 numbered pages containing a brief description of each plate. All edges gilt. Each medieval-inspired illumination contains a line from the hymn Te Deum Laudamus, and the plates have been illuminated by Esther Faithfull Fleet (1823-1908), a gifted book illustrator. The chromolithographs are by M. & N. Hanhart, a London lithographic publishing house founded by Michael Hanhart and Nicholas Hanhart. They published a wide range of material including book illustrations and lithographic sheet music covers, and their best work was in the field of large chromolithographs. Hanhart used a complex layering of tint stones, to produce work unique in colouration and tonal values. The book is published by Emily Faithfull (1835-1895), an English women's rights activist who set up the Victoria Press to publish the English Woman's Journal. Publications of the Victoria Press included The Victoria Regia (1861), which earned Faithfull her position as the official printer to Queen Victoria. The book has been rebacked and recased in the original blue cloth covered bevelled boards with a new blue cloth spine. There is gold titling and design on the front board but no titling on the spine (we believe that this is as originally issued). There is shelf wear with some soiling and light staining on the boards and the corners are lightly bumped with damage and some loss to the cloth on the corner tips and bottom 1 1/2" of the fore edge of the front board. The contents are tight and clean and the book has new black endpapers. There is some scattered foxing but this is light and mostly affects the blank pages protecting the plates. Plates 18 and 25 have a water stain around the top spine corner, but this does not affect the illumination. Plate 10 appears to have been loose at some time as the top and bottom edges have been trimmed by about 1/4" and by about 1/16" on the fore edge. It also has a water stain around the top spine corner and a larger stain around the top fore corner and part of the top edge that does affect about 1/2" x 1 3/4" of the illumination. There is a small and faint water stain around the top corner of the title-page but no inscription. Esther Faithfull Fleet (illustrator).
Published by William P. Nimmo, 1870
- Hardcover
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United KingdomKarl Eynon Books Ltd
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. Oblong HB. Red cloth with thick decorated Card boards. Queen Victoria's armorial crest with rich Illuminated titles. 18 gold chromolithographs. Music and lyrics on thick white paper. Includes the stories of: 'Ye Interestynge Storie of Cinderella and ye Lyttel Glasse Slyppere, the Fayre One with the Gol…den Locks, the Sleeping Beauty; of, the Enchanted Palace and Ye Pathetic Ballad of ye Ladye Ouncebelle and Lord Lovelle.
More imagesA CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT [SIGNED]
Clemens, Samuel (Mark Twain); Guilbeau, Honore [illustrator]; Skaggs, Charles E. [illuminator]; Van Doren, Carl [introduction]
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1948
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Limited Edition, #1114/1500. Quarto, 275 pages; VG; in VG- gold slipcase; quarter blue cloth binding, boards in gold paper; spine with gilt lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild scuffing to boards; blue and white illustrations; blue and gilt capitals; signed flat by Guilbeau at colophon; hand-numbered 1114 at c…olophon; pages clean; shelved above Limited Editions Club. 1347232. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Published by Jerusalem: Massadah & Magen, [1957]., 1957
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. PROSPECTUS. 8vo. 4 pp., Folded Page, Very Good with some creasing, minor edge wear, minor stains. Illustrations, color plates.
Published by (Presumed 1937 Basil Blackwell Reprint of the 1911 Edition), 1937
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Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketNO PAGE INDENTIFYING ARTIST OR CHATTO & WINDUS, imperial octavo, illus/patterned heavy boards, red lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red- faded, 23pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine, moderate soiling to boards & spine, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep…s, some pages remain uncut, light to moderate cracking to gutters).
Published by Folio,239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, 36 cm, New York: George Braziller in association with the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991., 1991
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Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Red cloth, titled and stamped in gold. Pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy. Reproduced from the illuminated manuscript (M. 644) in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
More imagesPublished by Edinburgh William P. Nimmo c1870, 1870
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Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, CanadaAquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC
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Add to basketCondition: very good. unpaginated. Oblong octavo. Green cloth covered boards with blind stamped decoration on back cover and black, gilt and turquoise lettering and illustrations on front cover. Some wear to borders with corners and ends of spine bumped. Slight staining to rear endpapers. On both sets of endpapers the bumping of… the ends of spine has caused some creasing. A small amount of professional repair has been done to the first page at the gutter. Many coloured illustrations through out. Some of the pages show light scattered foxing. A beautiful book in very good condition. very good A lovely collection of musical scores, lyrics and detailed gilt and coloured illustrated plates. Includes the stories of: 'Ye Interestynge Storie of Cinderella and ye Lyttel Glasse Slyppere, the Fayre One with the Golden Locks, the Sleeping Beauty; of, the Enchanted Palace and Ye Pathetic Ballad of ye Ladye Ouncebelle and Lord Lovelle.
Language: German
Published by Leipzig, Litteratur-Bureau, 1874
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Seller: PlanetderBuecher, Hamburg, GermanyPlanetderBuecher
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Add to basket8°, Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 149 Seiten Altersgemäss guter Zustand mit gering nachgedunkelten Seiten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 114.
Published by Griffith and Farran, [], 1862
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- First Edition
Seller: Claude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB, Saxmundham, United KingdomClaude Cox Old & Rare Books ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketFIRST EDITION, (145 x 105mm), pp.(4)28; printed on card by Thomas Bessent in colours & gold throughout, the frontispiece incorporating oval mounted photograph portrait of Milton; a very good copy in original light blue cloth over bevelled boards, elaborately blocked in gold & blind with green & cream paper onlays, all edges gilt…, by 'Hanbury & Co., Binders', with their ticket. Extremities a little rubbed but a very nice & uncommon example of Stanesby's work; McLean VBD p.137 illus.; VPB p.13 illus. MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH FRONTISPIECE Victorian Chromolithography Binding Illumination.
Published by Roycroft Press, East Aurora, NY, 1899
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. 150pp. Octavo [21.5in]. 1/4 suede leather and brown paper over boards, with gold lettering stamped on the spine and front board. Corners and extremities are rubbed and bumped with underlying boards showing through. Suede leather is beginning to crumble. Text block is cracked once at the beginning. Ribbon bookmark…is frayed. Limited edition, hand numbered 409/620 by Ali Baba. Richly illuminated by Anna McMillan. Includes frontispiece portrait of Ali Baba. Two pages feature a light blind stamp of the publisher's name and symbol. Anna McMillan (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by The Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1903
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Near Fine. Edition de luxe: copy number 839 of 947 copies, illumined and Signed by the artist Myrtle Mason. Volume XII of the series: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators, containing the biographies of Pericles, Mark Antony, Savonarola, Martin Luther, Edmund Burke, and William Pitt. Bound in limp… chamois, silk lined, and illustrated with photogravure frontispiece portraits; title page and initials hand illuminated in color by Myrtle Mason and printed on hand made Imperial Japan paper. Fading to the yapped edges and spine, else fine. A very handsome copy.
More imagesPublished by London: Griffith & Farran Corner of St Paul's Churchyard, 1967
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Seller: CHILTON BOOKS, SUDBURY, United KingdomCHILTON BOOKS
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Add to basketA well bound copy. Coloured lithographs including title-page, text and illusrations. Cover designed by J. Leighton.9.0" x 7.0" x 0.75". Cream bevelled boards with intricate gilt decoration. Rebacked with later cream cloth spine. Boards soiled and rubbed. All page edges bright gilt. Later marbled endpapers. Neat dedication to fir…st leaf dated: "Feb 1st 1858." Frontis absent. 40 unnumbered pages with bright coloured illustrations. Colophon to base of last leaf: "Printed in colors [sic] by Ashbee & Dangerfield, 22, Bedford St. Covent Garden [London]. For Griffith & Farran, S. Pauls's Churchyard." G+ ** Ref: ".The Bridal Souvenir, 1857"--McLean R. Victorian book design, p. 134.
Published by Nate Mullen
- Hardcover
Seller: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.Charles Berry, Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Huge spiral-bound hardcover in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slight handling). [5.6 lbs]. Book.
More imagesTHE BETTER LAND
[FEMALE ILLUMINATOR]; HEMANS, Mrs [Felicia]; illuminated by BAKER, Helen; [preface by WILBERFORCE, Samuel]:
Published by London: Day & Son., 1867
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sky Duthie Rare Books (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomSky Duthie Rare Books (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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Add to basketFirst edition. Quarto (23 x 28cm). Publisher's original maroon cloth over bevelled boards with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board, repeated in blind to the lower board. All edges gilt. 11 unnumbered thick card leaves printed on rectos only, mounted on stubs, comprising a chromolithographic title page, followed by a pr…eface by Rev. Samuel Wilberforce printed in red and black, and 9 chromolithographic leaves in the style of an illuminated manuscript, richly coloured and incorporating gold and silver. One leaf embellished with an original albumen photographic vignette. Expertly re-cased. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a hint of wear to the spine ends and corners. The contents with a small area of abrasion to the front pastedown and some scattered foxing (heavier to the endpapers) are otherwise in very good order. A beautiful edition of the Romantic poet Felicia Heman's poem 'The Better Land', splendidly illuminated by Helen Baker and printed in chromolithography by Day & Son. As Samuel Wilberforce notes in his preface, the work was produced to aid the rebuilding of St James Church, Ramsden in Oxfordshire. Helen Baker was a younger sister to the Rev. Robert Lowbridge Baker then parish priest at Ramsden. We can trace no other publications by Baker, but she was certainly very talented, as Wilberforce asserts: "I believe that all who themselves are gifted with the power of appreciating beauty will thoroughly appreciate the genius which has designed, and the skill which has executed these illustrations". A scarce title, with only two institutional copies recorded by LibraryHub (Bodleian & Cambridge).
