Paris - Limited Edition de luxe
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Mortimer Menpes paintings. Limited Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. xii, 185. Frontis. color plate with captioned tissue guard. Illustrated with 74 additional color plates from watercolors with captioned tissue guards, plus line drawings in the text. Edition de luxe on hand-made paper, numbered 313 of 500.
Vellum white cloth with titles and fleurs de lys blocked in gilt, decorations blocked in red, TEG, other edges untrimmed. Title page in red and black. Spine ends crushed, boards lightly soiled and lower corners nudged, light foxing to endpapers, edges minimally toned. Very Good. Item #12547 Renowned for capturing locales, in print and picture, prior to the onset of full-tilt industrialization and easy automobile access, the A & C Black travelogues are unique in their distillation of former times and places: armchair travel defined. .
Inman states the text and illustrations are reproduced to a much higher standard than in the 20 shilling trade edition. INMAN, 252.
Price: $350.00