Hai bisogno di informazioni precise ? Trova il prezzo e altre valutazioni grazie alla nostra banca dati di opere d’arte africane. [ Books ] - Daniell (Samuel), African Scenery And Animals., Large Folio (610 X 470 Mm, 23.5 X 18.5 Inches), First Edition, 2 Parts In One Volume, 2 Aquatint Title (Dedication) Pages With Sepia Wash, 30 Fine Hand-Coloured Aquatint Plates By Samuel And William Daniell Each Mounted On Guards ('The Plates All Appear To Have Been Printed On Double Sheets Of Paper: Two Sheets Laminated. The Water-Marks Bear This Out.' R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue Of Prints In The Africana Museum, Johannesburg 1975), Each Plate With Accompanying Text - These Have Been Trimmed And Are Bound In To Appear Below Each Plate (See Additional], 2

Descrizione : [ BOOKS ] - Daniell (Samuel), AFRICAN SCENERY AND ANIMALS., Large folio (610 x 470 mm, 23.5 x 18.5 inches), First edition, 2 parts in one volume, 2 aquatint title (dedication) pages with sepia wash, 30 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Samuel and William Daniell each mounted on guards ('The plates all appear to have been printed on double sheets of paper: two sheets laminated. The water-marks bear this out.' R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg 1975), each plate with accompanying text - these have been trimmed and are bound in to appear below each plate (see additional image 1), full brown antique style leather with endpapers treated to give a similar effect, light soiling of the first dedication title page, light staining on the edges of three plates and the second dedication title page, overall the plates are crisp and bright, the binding is a little loose and some plates are partly detached from their guards. A very good copy. Further photographs available upon request. Mendelssohn 1:411. Abbey (J.R.) Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770 - 1860, Volume I, no. 321, describes this folio as follows, In Mendelssohn's opinion this is 'the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations.' Samuel Daniell arrived at the Cape on 9 December 1799. He was appointed by Lieutentant-General Dundas, who became his patron there, and to whom the first volume (part) is dedicated, to act as secretary to a mission to the 'Booshuanas'. The expedition eventually reached Lataku, at that time the limit of European exploration, and was the source for Daniell of the plates.' Condition - Very Good, London, The Author, 1804 - 1805
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Titolo : [ Books ] - Daniell (Samuel), African Scenery And Animals., Large Folio (610 X 470 Mm, 23.5 X 18.5 Inches), First Edition, 2 Parts In One Volume, 2 Aquatint Title (Dedication) Pages With Sepia Wash, 30 Fine Hand-Coloured Aquatint Plates By Samuel And William Daniell Each Mounted On Guards ('The Plates All Appear To Have Been Printed On Double Sheets Of Paper: Two Sheets Laminated. The Water-Marks Bear This Out.' R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue Of Prints In The Africana Museum, Johannesburg 1975), Each Plate With Accompanying Text - These Have Been Trimmed And Are Bound In To Appear Below Each Plate (See Additional], EPOCA : 2
Dimensione : 23.5 x 18.5 inc
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Data della vendita : 03/02/2005 🔓Senza carta di credito.
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