Faed John Illustrator (1 results)
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co., J. Menzies, etc., London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen 1861
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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Add to basketFull Morocco. Condition: Very Good. Comical narrative poem about the early Medieval patron saint of Winchester Cathedral, drought and draughts (of ale)! 4to. 27 by 21 cm. 21 pp, hand-colored lithographic title page plus eleven other hand-colored lithographic plates. (The book is generally not encountered with hand-coloring.) Joh…n Faed (1819-1902) was a Scottish painter very popular in his day. His artwork can now be found in the National Gallery of Scotland and other museums. Gorgeous full crushed straight-grained deep purple morocco binding, with diamond-shaped geometric design on boards, gilt spine decoration, turn-ins. All edges gilt. Light foxing or soiling on some text pages. A few discrete repairs of minor closed tears on text pages.