SPARE, Austin Osman.- A book of satyrs. London, John Lane, The Bodley head; New York, [ 1909].
Estimation :
250 / 300
Description
In-f° : [6] pp.; 13 pl. (rare foxing).
Publisher's binding : half vellum, green paper boards, black pictorial and titled upper board, flat spine (spine and joints renewed, soiled, stains, small part of the vellum teared on upper board, corners dulled).
Second issue (1st issue : 1907) of the black satirical plates and vignettes caricaturing the politics and clergy. Introduction by the Scottish painter James Guthrie. Spare (1886-1956) influenced the symbolism and the artistic decadence of Art nouveau. Work printed at 300 copies for sale in England and United States.
IHFZ Second tirage des planches et in texto en noir caricaturant les politiques et le clergé. Demi-vélin d'éd. (rel. défraîchie, taches).
Publisher's binding : half vellum, green paper boards, black pictorial and titled upper board, flat spine (spine and joints renewed, soiled, stains, small part of the vellum teared on upper board, corners dulled).
Second issue (1st issue : 1907) of the black satirical plates and vignettes caricaturing the politics and clergy. Introduction by the Scottish painter James Guthrie. Spare (1886-1956) influenced the symbolism and the artistic decadence of Art nouveau. Work printed at 300 copies for sale in England and United States.
IHFZ Second tirage des planches et in texto en noir caricaturant les politiques et le clergé. Demi-vélin d'éd. (rel. défraîchie, taches).
