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Frankau, Julia
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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An Eighteenth Century Artist and Engraver John Raphael Smith. London: Macmillan & Company, 1902
2 volumes, 8vo (10 x 6 1/2 in.; 254 x 165 mm) and folio (23 3/4 x 17 3/8 in.; 604 x 440 mm). Half-titles and frontispiece or title vignette in each volume, text volume with 30 plates on japan paper, folio volume with 50 stipple, mezzotint etc. plates printed in color and monochrome. Both volumes in red crushed morocco, triple-fillet borders, upper covers have frames with green inlaid morocco oak leaves and gold tooled acorns on a dotted ground, central panel with flowers of maroon inlaid morocco and green inlaid morocco stems with gold tooling, lower covers with cream inlaid morocco flowers in the frame and inlaid purple morocco grapes with green inlaid morocco leaves in central panels, brown morocco doublures with lilies of inlaid cream morocco and ribbons of inlaid green morocco in two shades, olive watered silk endpapers, top edges gilt, signed in gilt "Morrell, binder;" bottom corners of lower cover of folio bumped.
2 volumes, 8vo (10 x 6 1/2 in.; 254 x 165 mm) and folio (23 3/4 x 17 3/8 in.; 604 x 440 mm). Half-titles and frontispiece or title vignette in each volume, text volume with 30 plates on japan paper, folio volume with 50 stipple, mezzotint etc. plates printed in color and monochrome. Both volumes in red crushed morocco, triple-fillet borders, upper covers have frames with green inlaid morocco oak leaves and gold tooled acorns on a dotted ground, central panel with flowers of maroon inlaid morocco and green inlaid morocco stems with gold tooling, lower covers with cream inlaid morocco flowers in the frame and inlaid purple morocco grapes with green inlaid morocco leaves in central panels, brown morocco doublures with lilies of inlaid cream morocco and ribbons of inlaid green morocco in two shades, olive watered silk endpapers, top edges gilt, signed in gilt "Morrell, binder;" bottom corners of lower cover of folio bumped.
Provenance
M[atthew] C[haloner] D[urfee] Borden (bookplate) — William P. Olds (bookplate laid in)
Condition
bottom corners of lower cover of folio bumped.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A beautiful copy in a sumptuous binding.