1897 SOME MASTERS OF LITHOGRAPHY ATHERTON CURTIS RARE ART BOOK 1ST LTD 140/750
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1897 SOME MASTERS OF LITHOGRAPHY ATHERTON CURTIS RARE ART BOOK 1ST LTD 140/750:
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Some Masters of Lithography
by Atherton Curtis
Twenty-Two Photogravure Plates After Representative Lithographs
D. Appleton and Company
New York
1897
First Edition
No.140 of a Limited Edition
of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pictures Below**
This sale is for an original 1897 1st edition of \"Some Masters of Lithography\"by Atherton Curtis. With Twenty-Two Photogravure Plates After Representative Lithographs. Published byD. Appleton and Company, New York,1897, 1897. First Edition.No. 140 of a Limited Edition of Seven Hundred and Fifty Copies. Hardcover.Folio. Goldand black stamped cloth binding with gilt lettering to the front and spine. Top edge gilt.Plates byRaffet, Gericault, Bonington, Harding, Isabey, Calame, Delacroix, Daumier, Charlet, Deveria, and Gavarni.xvi, 187 pages, 22 plates. 9 x 12 1/2\" tall. Fine Art-Lithography. An excellent addition to any library or collection.
Review From The Bookman\'s Table... June 1897 Issue. \"When so luxurious a piece of bookmaking as the present volume comes along, it helps to refute the charge commonly brought against publishers nowadays of simply truckling to use and wont, caring nothing for art and beauty and intrinsic worth, seeking only that which will further the ends of sordid gain. The sale of a book like this is very limited, as its appeal is mainly to genuine art-lovers ; and it is, therefore, all the more creditable to the publishers who have undertaken its publication. The edition consists of only 750 copies, and to those who can appreciate the literary value of the work, the fine artistic execution of the lithographs reproduced in photogravure, the excellence of the bookmaking, the price will appear very moderate indeed. The plan of the author has been to select a few of the greatest lithographers for the purpose of showing what has been done in an art which for many years has been sadly neglected. To this end he has wisely made such selections as shall best illustrate the artist\'s work, and, above all, the qualities in which he excelled. Regarding the illustrations, they give a good idea of the originals, and are, on the whole, remarkably successful reproductions. And while the reader must not take these photogravures as substittites for the original lithographs, he would be surprised to see how fairly the general effects of the prints have been reproduced and retained. Indeed, in many cases these illustrations give a better idea of the style of the artists, and present a fairer view of the original results than can be had from worn impressions from the original stones. Etching can do things unknown to lithography, just as burin-engraving can do things impossible in either of them ; but as Mr. Curtis admonishes us in his preface:
\" While admiring the great works produced by the burin and the etching needle let us not forget that lithography, too, has had its great masters—men who can stand beside the Durers, the Rembrandts, and the Meryons with no fear of suffering by comparison. If that ideal time ever comes when works of art are appreciated for their own merits, when collecting is no longer governed by fashion, but turns to everything that is good, regardless of the medium by which it is done, then the great masters of lithography will take the place they deserve among the immortals. As we marvel now at tho ages that could ignore the greatness of Rembrandt, so surely will the time come when people will wonder at the \'ignorance that failed to understand the genius of Gavarni and Raffet.\"
Mr. Curtis\'s thorough mastery and scientific grasp of the subject proves him to be a patient and careful student, gifted with insight and imagination trained to exact appreciation and soundness of judgment. Nor is he lacking in those qualities of the mind which irradiate the technicalities of art and make them luminous to the uninitiated. The work is a highly creditable performance both to author and publishers.\"
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations I. The Inventor of Lithography II. Theodore Gericault III. Richard Parkes Bonington IV. James Duffield Harding V. Eugene Isabey VI. Alexandre Calame VII. Eugene Delacroix VIII. Honore Daumier IX. Nicolas Toussaint Charlet X. Achille Deveria XL Auguste Raffet XII. Gavarni Appendix— Technical Explanations BibliographyList of Prints Mentioned
This copy is inNear Finecondition!! Light foxing on outer edges only. The boards are clean and tight with sharpcorners and spine ends. The binding and hinges are solid and tight.Text isclean, brightand unmarked. The Plates are present as called for in excellent condition with tissue guards present.There is no writing or markings, no bookplates. No torn or missing pages. An excellent addition to any library or collection.
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1897 SOME MASTERS OF LITHOGRAPHY ATHERTON CURTIS RARE ART BOOK 1ST LTD 140/750:
$250.00