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224. MORRIS, William. child christopher and goldilind the fair. Hammersmith: Printed at the Kelmscott Press. 1895.
£1,350
16mo, 2 volumes in original holland-backed boards, paper labels on spines, printed in red and black in chaucer type, wood-engraved title-page, borders and initials, erratum slip in vol. i; a couple of light and unobtrusive marks on covers, otherwise a very nice set.
one of 600 copies on paper (12 copies were also printed on vellum).
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225. [NAPOLEON BONAPARTE] RAFFET, Denis Auguste Marie (Illustrator). original Woodblock illustrating the life of napoleon. from Jacques de norvin’s Histoire de Napoleon. Paris 1839.
£1,250
140 x 105mm, original woodblock, housed with an example of its image in a custom-made cloth fall-down-back box with leather spine label. most blocks for this work were engraved by
e.bernard, herbert, lacoste Jeune, h.lovcingnat and others after the original drawings by raffet.
this woodblock illustrates “Journée du 13 vendémiaire, 5 octobre 1795” with napoleon on horseback next to a canon position during battle. it appears as a plate illustration opposite page 36 of Histoire de Napoléon. denis August marie raffet was a french lithographer and painter from a military family and is known for his military subjects.
226. [NAPOLEON BONAPARTE] RAFFET, Denis Auguste Marie (Illustrator). original Woodblock illustrating the life of napoleon. from Jacques de norvin’s Histoire de Napoleon. Paris 1839.
£1,250
140 x 105mm, original woodblock, housed with an example of its image in a custom-made cloth fall-down-back box with leather spine label. most blocks for this work were engraved by
e.bernard, herbert, lacoste Jeune, h.lovcingnat and others after the original drawings by raffet.
225 this woodblock illustrates “entrevue du niémen” with napoleon on a
floating barge, surrounded by soldiers in long-boats, and greeting another officer next to a tent. it appears as a plate illustration opposite page 313 of Histoire de Napoléon. denis August marie raffet was a french lithographer and painter from a military family and is known for his military subjects.
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