Language: English
Published by Chapman and Hall/CRC, 1991
ISBN 10: 1851667105 ISBN 13: 9781851667109
Seller: BookHolders, Towson, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: first ] Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC Pub Date: 1/9/1991 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 384 first edition.
Published by 1895, 1895
Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Sweden
Large folio. (39 x 54 cm). Pp. (4). With ten lithographed plates of different kinds of marbles. Text leaves with some marginal tears, some plates with a few spots in margins and some plates with tears at the outer margins but overall a very good copy. Original half cloth on grey boards, cotton ties, lightly rubbed. First and only edition of this scarce book, the first of its kind in Sweden. Per Malmén studied in Paris in the 1870s and became a distinguished art marbling painter. It is rumoured that he executed several marbling works at the Louvre, but this has not been proven, mainly because the artists did not sign their works at the time. This impressive manual was used at the Technical School in Stockholm where Malmén taught for many years. The plates depict several kinds of marbles titled: Vert de Mer, Jaune de Sienne, Chateau-Landon Rance, St. Anne, Marbre de Kolmården Granit, Portor, Bleu Fleurl Rance and Breche Violette. The text instructs how to create various types of marbling patterns. Ref.: Fredrik Thörnqvist: "Marmoristen & Målarmästaren Per Malmén" 2011.
54x38 cm. 10 planscher i färg + 2 s. beskrivande text. Planscher och text lösa, som de utgavs, i originalmapp. Textens framsida lite brunad, lite naggad i kanten, mappen lite solkig, annars fint skick. Libris ger 3 s. text men vid jämförelse är texten densamma som exemplaren med 2 s. text, bara satt på ett annat vis. Den med 2 s. text saknar tryckår samt rubriken "Första serien".