Illust james harrison dakin (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Peabody & Co., O. Rich, New York and London, 1831
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Arader Books, New York, NY, USAArader Books
Verkäufer/-in kontaktierenVerkäufer/-in mit 5 SternenZustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 7.511,44
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very good. First. THE RARE COMPLETE SET OF THE PEABODY VIEWS WITH TWO PLATES PRESENT IN PROOF ON INDIA PAPER. First edition. New York: Peabody & Co., London: O. Rich; 1831[-1832-1833-1834]. Quarto (10 13/16" x 8 ½", 274mm x 217mm). [Full collation available.] With an engraved title-page, 15 engraved plates (1…1 with two views) and a hand-colored engraved folding map. Bound in contemporary half red sheep over marbled boards. On the spine, six panels. Title gilt to the second panel. All edges of the text-block speckled brown. Some chipping to the extremities. Tissue-guards heavily tanned (as usual), with some tanning and foxing, mostly mild. The third and fourth plate (i.e., pll. 5 & 6 and 7 & 8) proofs printed on India paper, the former mounted and the later tipped in. Theodore Sedgwick Fay (1807-1898) was born in New York and at 21 was already an editor of the New-York Mirror, for which Edgar Allan Poe would serve as critic, which perhaps not coincidentally promoted the publication quite heavily in its own pages. Fay's text is florid and charming, clearly influenced by the Romantic poets and the British embrace of the picturesque. James Harrison Dakin (architect of the Gothic main building of NYU, demolished 1894) drew only six of the views, but Deák suggests that he "may have directed the choice of the sites." The presiding genius of the work seems in fact to have been the publisher, Peabody, hoping to capitalize on the success of the Bourne views, published 1830-1831. Deák finds the Peabody views superior: "the Peabody prints, which are somewhat larger, are more energetically conceived, with a thrust toward a painterly effect." Although ten parts of the work had been planned, only eight were issued (the eighth part with disturbed pagination and an additional plate). The publisher's part-wrappers note that "A very few proofs on India paper have been taken: price Six Shillings.", which was twice the price of the full part. Deák, Picturing America 399; Howes F 64; Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan 102.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Mason for Peabody & Co., O. Rich, New York and London, 1831
- Softcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Arader Books, New York, NY, USAArader Books
Verkäufer/-in kontaktierenVerkäufer/-in mit 5 SternenZustand: Gebraucht - Befriedigend
EUR 7.732,36
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Good. First. THE PEABODY VIEWS IN PUBLISHER'S WRAPPERS. First edition. 7 parts in wrappers. New York: Mason for Peabody & Co., London: O. Rich; 1831-1832[-1833-1834].Quarto in 2s (11 ¼" x 9 1/8", 287mm x 233mm). [Full collation available.] With an engraved title-page, 14 engraved plates (most with two views)…and a hand-colored folding engraved map. Stabbed and bound in the publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers (with the part I wrappers used for parts II and IV as well). Seven (of eight of an intended 10) parts. The wrappers of parts I, III, V-VI and 7 worn, tanned, chipped and in some cases split. The letterpress and rear wrapper of part V torn and detached. Damp-stain to the upper edge of parts I and III. Tanning, foxing and some offsetting throughout. Split at the intersecting fold of the map.An entirely unsophisticated set, with a particularly nice example of the folding map. Ink dedication "Pour M. []" (erased) to the head of the front wrapper of part I. Theodore Sedgwick Fay (18071898) was born in New York and at 21 was already an editor of the New-York Mirror, for which Edgar Allan Poe would serve as critic, which perhaps not coincidentally promoted the publication quite heavily in its own pages. Fay's text is florid and charming, clearly influenced by the Romantic poets and the British embrace of the picturesque. James Harrison Dakin (architect of the Gothic main building of NYU, demolished 1894) drew only six of the views, but Deák suggests that he "may have directed the choice of the sites." The presiding genius of the work seems in fact to have been the publisher, Peabody, hoping to capitalize on the success of the Bourne views, published 18301831. Deák finds the Peabody views superior: "the Peabody prints, which are somewhat larger, are more energetically conceived, with a thrust toward a painterly effect." Full sets are quite rare, and examples in wrappers rarer still; the set owned by Bill Reese (also 7 parts of 8, in the wrappers and in similar condition) commanded $10,710 at the second part of his Christie's New York sale (26 May 2022, lot 157). Deák, Picturing America 399; Howes F 64; Stokes, Iconography of Manhattan 102.
