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ANTHROPOMORPHISM. - BŐTTGER, Adolf: Die Pilgerfahrt der Blumengeister.
Leipzig, 1854, 2nd ed.; 4to, 296 pp, 36 orig. col. steel engravings.Restored leather spine on linen; embossed front board, foxing throughout; working copy This is the German edition of the well-known book by Granville , ‘Les Fleurs Animées’, showing flowers in human form. |
£ 850 |
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CHILDREN BOOK. – AESOP: The Aesop for Children.
With pictures by Milo Winter. Publ. by Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1927, large 4to, 112 pp, 12 full page and numerous small illustrations throughout the book; green cloth; one illustration with rest. tear.
Milo Winter was born in 1886 in Princeton, Ill., and died in 1956 in New York. He was known as an illustrator of children books like ‘Arabian Nights’, ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. From 1947 to 1949, he was the art editor for Childcraft Books, and from 1949, he worked for the movie department of Silver Burdett Company. |
£225 |
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MYTHOLOGY. – CARTARI, Vincenzo: Le Imagini de gli Die de gli Antichi del Signor Vincenzo Cartari Reggiano,…
Venice, Evangelista Deuchino, 1624, 2nd ed.; small 4to, 418 pp, with over 80 copper engravings within text; original leather binding; rubbed, spine chipped and hinges loose; end paper lost; pagination erratic: pp342/343 omitted, pp344/345 duplicated, pp 377-384 missing.
Cartari’s best known work of depictions of antique gods and description of antique religions, idols, rites and ceremonies. |
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