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Sketches On The Old Road Through France to Florence by A. H. Hallam Murray
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£618.14
€714.63
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About the Item
London: John Murray, 1904.
First, Limited Edition.
4to, 9 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (244 x197 mm); xxv, map, 328 pp. Wide margins, printed on hand-made unbleached Arnold paper. 48 full-page color plate illustrations by Alexander Henry Hallam Murray, each with a captioned tissue-guard and 18 in-text illustrations. Exquisite dark green crushed morocco binding, INTRICATELY GILT by ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed on front turn-in and exhibition dry stamp on rear pastedown); boards framed with multiple rules; center featuring five rows of roses with intricate stems and leaves; raised bands with acanthus leaves in framed compartments and gilt title; turn-ins with drawer-handle frame accented with leaf motif at corners and edges; top edge gilt, rest deckled. AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY, without the discoloration typical of green leather bindings; clean and fresh internally, with just a few spots on the verso of the frontispiece, not affecting the illustration, and the occasional light spot of foxing on tissue guards. Pen inscription on second free endpaper.
LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, of which this is no. 47, hand-numbered on limitation page.
An ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL presentation of the journey that led from Dieppe to the South, avoiding Paris, then via San Rem along the Italian Riviera into Tuscany, with an excursion to Vern and Venice. A.H. Hallam Murray was accompanied by Henry W. Nevinson and Montgomery Carmichael on this journey; the first wrote Part One, dedicated to the French portion of the voyage, while the Italian segment is by Carmichael.
This volume is a fine example of the work of Zaehnsdorf, one of the preeminent English Victorian binderies. Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816 – 1886) was born in Hungary and apprenticed in Stuttgart, and settled in London, where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at age 33, when his father died, and the firm flourished under his leadership. Over the years, Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders, including the Frenchman Louis Genth (who was chief finisher from 1859-84), and trained a number of others, including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. It is generally understood that the Zaehnsdorf firm reserved the use of its oval stamp showing a binder at work for their finest bindings, including those entered in exhibitions.
Condition: Fine
- Dimensions:Height: 9.63 in (24.47 cm)Width: 7.75 in (19.69 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1904
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Middletown, NY
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