Maxwell sir herbert eustace (25 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. No internal markings; hand cut pages; blue boards with gilt title; lightly bumped at to and bottom of spine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Full-Leather Style Binding. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in full leather with the bookseller ticket of William Macgill, Edinburgh stationer, anchoring the purchase to the Maxwell family's Edinburgh residency in the late 1850s. The book contains 6 used leaves of fine hand-illuminated miniatures and borders (3 finished, 3 unfinished). Remaining leaves blank. The Artwork & Leaves: Leaf 1: Monreith Armorial (Finished, 1858) Armorial illumination belonging to a 13-year-old Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell. Cartouche bears his full title, family heraldic shield (saltire, double-headed eagle, hedgehog), date MDCCLVIII (1858), and motto "REVIRESCO". Vine border with thistles in ink, watercolour, and gold shell. Leaf 2: St. John the Evangelist (Finished) Miniature depicting St. John writing his Gospel with his symbolic eagle, set against a Patmos coastal landscape with castles and ships. Gothic script excerpt from 1 John 4:9. Gilded medieval-style border with blue/gold acanthus leaves, wild strawberries, and marginalia of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. Leaf 3: Medieval Border & Dragon (Unfinished) Decorative medieval-style bar border with gold leaf gilding, ivy, and two exotic birds, terminating in a painted fire-breathing dragon. Preserves delicate graphite underdrawings showing Maxwell's layout mapping process. Leaf 4: Psalm 119 & Natural History Studies (Finished) Devotional miniature on Psalm 119:9-16 in Gothic script with red/blue line-fillers and a gold filigree "W" initial. Border features solid gold ground with pomegranate vines captioned "(mala granata)", populated with a blue butterfly, caterpillar, dragonfly, beetle, and snail. Leaf 5: The Lorsch Gospels Facsimile (Finished) Full-page illumination copying the 9th-century Carolingian "Incipit" page to the Gospel of John from the Codex Aureus of Lorsch, via H.N. Humphreys' 1849 manual. Monumental John 1:1 text in gold/uncial characters on purple background, framed by Romanesque columns and thick shell gold. Leaf 6: The Adoration of the Magi (Unfinished) Nativity miniature showing the Adoration of the Magi under the Star of Bethlehem. Text block beneath features an illuminated initial "B" in blue and gold, with the remainder pencilled in graphite reading "Behold the Lamb of God". Lower third preserves raw graphite layouts of acanthus leaves, pansies, and strawberries. the artwork represents the pinnacle of mid-Victorian aristocratic art education during the Gothic Revival craze, using fine shell gold, inks, and gouache. The precise insects and pomegranates foreshadow Maxwell's later renown as a celebrated Scottish naturalist, gardener, and botanical painter. The inclusion of finished pages alongside unfinished pieces makes this a rare pedagogical artifact demonstrating Victorian illumination techniques. CONDITION: Some cracking to the upper external joint of the binding, but the cover remains structurally well attached. Text block clean and tight. MAXWELL OF MONREITH, Sir Herbert Eustace (1845-1937) (illustrator).…

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient would appear to have been an impudent autograph collector. Addressed to 'Grant Reid / Esq' and signed 'Herbert Maxwell'. Begins: 'Dear Sir / I have directed a copy of Post Meridiana to be sent to you according to your desire.' He cannot however comply with Reid's other request. 'I have no time to give to drawing now, and my family have possessed themselves of all my old drawings.'.…

First Edition. Worn copy bound in the original gilt decorated cloth. Some wear and tear as with age (with some loss to the spine). Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 239 p.,1 p.of plates : ill., ports.(1 col.) ; 33 cm. Subjects; Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901). 2 Kg.…

8vo. pp. [2]ads, xii, 272, [2]ads. with half-title. 4 chromolithographed plates of flies, 4 black & white plates (1 folding) & numerous text illus. (some full-page) of flies, hooks, &c. index. original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt (extremities trifle frayed, lower inner front hinge repaired). Second Edition (first: 1898). cfHampton p. 66. cfRobb p. 210. …