Weale john ed (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume three only. Boards, page block and pages are tanned and foxed. Upper leading corners of pages are bumped. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW. Used.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Volume four only. Boards are lightly marked. Page block and pages are tanned and foxed. Upper leading corners of pages are lightly creased. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW. Used.

First Edition. Good copy only bound in half black calf over gilt-blocked cloth boards. Wear and tear as with age, with the front board and spine band loosely attached. Remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Provenance; from the library of James W. Beeson with his bookplate. Physical description; 18 un-numbered lithograph plates - one double page and 10 in colour. Subjects; Old Architectural Ornament. Sacred Illustrations. John Weale. 1 Kg.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. First edition. The first edition of this scarce and beautifully illustrated work on Christian art and stained glass. A striking work with stunning examples of early chromolithographs, and ambitious hand coloured lithographs. The first edition.A two volume complete set.A striking illustrated work, desirable for its ambitious hand coloured plates and early chromolithographs. Volume I is illustrated with a chromolithographic frontispiece, monochrome lithographic title page, monochrome engraved vignettes, three monochrome plates, and twelve chromolithographic plates depicting stained glass windows, with several being large folding plates. Collated, complete.Volume II is illustrated with a tinted lithographic frontispiece, an illustrated lithographic title page, two chromolithographic reproductions of a choir book, eleven hand coloured aquatints, five zincographs, nine double page or folding chromolithographs of stained glass windows, and nine further chromolithographic plates. Collated, complete.This celebration of Christian art was edited and collected by John Weale, and is beautifully illustrated with depictions of stained glass windows. Volume One features a critical history of the works of Albert Durer. This scarce work is noted for its use of ambitious hand coloured plates, and impressive chromolithographs, which had only been first patented less than ten years prior.Bound in half morocco with cloth to the boards. Bound in half morocco with cloth to the boards. Externally, marks to the boards, staining to the spines, rubbing to the joints and extremities and small closed tears to the head and tails of the spines. Joints starting to 'Vol I'. 'St Helens free public library' labels to the front pastedowns with the odd stamp internally. Rear hinge weak to 'Vol II'. Internally, the odd plate tender to the front of 'Vol II', otherwise generally firm. Minimal age toning to the pages, with light spotting throughout. Good. J. G. Walker; et al. (illustrator). book.…