grimm jacob wilhelm illustrations neilsen (2 résultats)

Deluxe, limited, numbered edition. Bound in full white buckram, blocked in gold foil and screen printed in turquoise to the front panel and spine. Top edge gilt. Typeset in Caslon on Caxton Wove Paper, with twelve colour illustrations printed on Arctic coated paper tipped on to text pages. Endpapers patterned with a design by Kay Neilsen in gold and orange. Additional sixteen-page thread-sewn commentary booklet printed on Abbey Wove paper with an essay by Marina Warner ('Dreams of Enchantment: Kay Neilsen's Illustrations to Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories'). Book and booklet bound by Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, and printed by Memminger, Memmingen. Housed in a solander presentation box in full turquoise buckram, blocked in gilt to front and spine and lined with gilt paper including a pocket for the commentary booklet. An exquisitely beautiful edition. Limited and hand-numbered edition of 980 copies (and 20 lettered copies hors de commerce), this copy is no. 128. The text follows the original edition with these illustrations published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1825. As Marina Warner explains in the illuminating essay written for this edition, "the translator and the selection aren't identified, but some of the stories appear to be taken directly from Edgar Taylor's 1823 volumes, and others from an anthology, published in 1853, called 'Household Stories', [.] anonymously translated." Kay Neilsen (1886-1957) came to prominence at the end of a period of great illustrators (including Rackham and Dulac), and though his work shows traces of their influence, there is a sharper, more disturbing edge. He later worked for Walt Disney studios where he contributed to the great 'Fantasia' (1940). "There is no more beautiful book than Kay Neilsen's 'Hansel and Gretel', pale symbols melting into paler backgrounds; planes of action, successive stages of one idea bordering on expressionism." (from a 1926 review in 'The Outlook') Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Limited Edition. London: Folio Society, 2016, Numbered Limited Edition. Numbered limited edition, one of 980 published, this one numbered 224. Bound in full white pictorial cloth buckram, titles in gilt and screen printed in turquoise to the front panel and spine. Top edge gilt. Typeset in Caslon on Caxton Wove Paper, with twelve colour illustrations printed on Arctic coated paper tipped on to text pages. Endpapers patterned with a design by Kay Neilsen in gold and orange. Additional sixteen-page thread-sewn commentary booklet printed on Abbey Wove paper with an essay by Marina Warner ('Dreams of Enchantment: Kay Neilsen's Illustrations to Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories'). Book and booklet bound by Lachenmaier, Reutlingen, and printed by Memminger, Memmingen. Housed in a clamshell box in full turquoise buckram, blocked in gilt to front and spine and lined with gilt paper including a pocket for the commentary booklet. The text follows the original edition with the illustrations published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1825. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 13 ½ inches tall (slipcase), 12 ½ inches tall (book). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and decoration. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition full cloth, decoration to the front board. Page edges very good condition gilt top edge, others clean. Clamshell box good condition minor marks. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition pictorial. End papers very good condition pictorial. Title very good condition unread. Pages very good condition unread. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2016 Binding: Hardback.