William Flint Sangorski & Sutcliffe Fine Leather Binding 1923 Le Morte D'Arthur

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Leather. 8vo. Jonathan Cape & The Medici Society Ltd., London, UK. 1923. xxx, 439 pgs; xxii, 506 pgs.Illustrated with 24 full page color plates. Later Printing. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 3/4 brown calf with boards ruled in gilt with raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments. Marble endpapers. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement and by the stylized neoclassical art of the Renaissance, William Russell Flint (1880-1969) was educated at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. He began his career on the staff of Illustrated London News 1903-1907 but "from this period onwards.turned increasingly to watercolour, particularly for the illustration of colour books. He was strongly influenced by the illustrations of Rip Van Winkle by Arthur Rackham and between 1905 and 1924 produced a whole series of brilliant luxury editions for the Riccardi Press of the Medici Society. His figures are finely modeled and contain elements of a Burne-Jones influence by way of Byam Shaw" (Houfe). His illustrations for the Medici Society/Riccardi Press editions of The Greek Heroes, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the volume under notice are considered to be his best and most beautiful work.
William Flint Sangorski & Sutcliffe Fine Leather Binding 1923 Le Morte D'Arthur
William Flint Sangorski & Sutcliffe Fine Leather Binding 1923 Le Morte D'Arthur
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Up For Sale Today is
Le Morte D'Arthur
The History of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table
by
Sir Thomas Malory, Knt
Illustrated by William Russell Flint
Leather. 8vo. Jonathan Cape & The Medici Society Ltd., London, UK. 1923. xxx, 439 pgs; xxii, 506 pgs.Illustrated with 24 full page color plates. Later Printing.
Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 3/4 brown calf with boards ruled in gilt with raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments. Marble endpapers. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
Influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite movement and by the stylized neoclassical art of the Renaissance, William Russell Flint (1880-1969) was educated at the Royal Institute of Art, Edinburgh. He began his career on the staff of Illustrated London News 1903-1907 but "from this period onwards.turned increasingly to watercolour, particularly for the illustration of colour books. He was strongly influenced by the illustrations of Rip Van Winkle by Arthur Rackham and between 1905 and 1924 produced a whole series of brilliant luxury editions for the Riccardi Press of the Medici Society. His figures are finely modeled and contain elements of a Burne-Jones influence by way of Byam Shaw" (Houfe). His illustrations for the Medici Society/Riccardi Press editions of The Greek Heroes, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the volume under notice are considered to be his best and most beautiful work.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
Sir William Russell Flint RA (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969) was a Scottish artist and illustrator who was known especially for his watercolour paintings of women. He also worked in oils, tempera, and printmaking.
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Pages
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folio
2º
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fo
2
4
12 × 19
30.5 × 48
quarto
4º
or
4to
4
8
9½ × 12
24 × 30.5
octavo
8º
or
8vo
8
16
6 × 9
15 × 23
duodecimo
or
twelvemo
12º
or
12mo
12
24
5 × 7⅜
12.5 × 19
sextodecimo
or
sixteenmo
16º
or
16mo
16
32
4 × 6¾
10 × 17
octodecimo
or
eighteenmo
18º
or
18mo
18
36
4 × 6½
10 × 16.5
trigesimo-secundo
or
thirty-twomo
32º
or
32mo
32
64
3½ × 5½
9 × 14
quadragesimo-octavo
or
forty-eightmo
48º
or
48mo
48
96
2½ × 4
6.5 × 10
sexagesimo-quarto
or
sixty-fourmo
64º
or
64mo
64
128
2 × 3
5 × 7.5
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