Album of seventeen miniature-sized pen-and-ink caricatures
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
1857. Morocco spine. Blindstamped cloth boards. . Very Good. Oblong, 11 by 19 cm. Nine leaves with 17 cartoons or caricatures, all done on a miniature scale, which is a part of their charm. Each drawing has a short caption written in block letters. The drafting is quite fine -- these drawings could pass for published work of the mid-Victorian era. And the visual humor, showing drunks, sleepers, musical bandits, the injured, etc., holds up remarkably well. Neat though the captions are, an inscription presumably to the artist's sister is not entirely legible to us, and thus we can not identify the artist, other than to state that the artist was probably a woman. And that adds interest to the album, as generally such caricature work was then more common among men. Condition: moderate wear to the cover. Scattered soiling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006072
- Title
- Album of seventeen miniature-sized pen-and-ink caricatures
- Format/Binding
- Morocco spine. Blindstamped cloth boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine
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- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Leaves
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