Muses and Fairies: History of Mythological Women (1851, leather bound with 12 hand-colored plates)
Muses and Fairies: History of Mythological Women (1851, leather bound with 12 hand-colored plates).
"Muses et fees - histoire des femmes mythologiques." Written by Louis-Francois Rabans and Joseph Mery, with drawings by Pierre-Gustave Staal (G. Staal) and published in 1851 in Paris by G. de Gonet, Éditeur & Martinon, Libraire. Contains 12 plates hand-colored with watercolors, rebound in elaborate full leather with intricate gilt detailing, raised bands, and gilt edges. Moderate rubbing at the edges of the spine and boards; occasional foxing, mainly to the plates' margins. Penciled notations on front and back papers, and writing (pictured) on title page.
Muses and Fairies: History of Mythological Women (1851, leather bound with 12 hand-colored plates).
"Muses et fees - histoire des femmes mythologiques." Written by Louis-Francois Rabans and Joseph Mery, with drawings by Pierre-Gustave Staal (G. Staal) and published in 1851 in Paris by G. de Gonet, Éditeur & Martinon, Libraire. Contains 12 plates hand-colored with watercolors, rebound in elaborate full leather with intricate gilt detailing, raised bands, and gilt edges. Moderate rubbing at the edges of the spine and boards; occasional foxing, mainly to the plates' margins. Penciled notations on front and back papers, and writing (pictured) on title page.
Muses and Fairies: History of Mythological Women (1851, leather bound with 12 hand-colored plates).
"Muses et fees - histoire des femmes mythologiques." Written by Louis-Francois Rabans and Joseph Mery, with drawings by Pierre-Gustave Staal (G. Staal) and published in 1851 in Paris by G. de Gonet, Éditeur & Martinon, Libraire. Contains 12 plates hand-colored with watercolors, rebound in elaborate full leather with intricate gilt detailing, raised bands, and gilt edges. Moderate rubbing at the edges of the spine and boards; occasional foxing, mainly to the plates' margins. Penciled notations on front and back papers, and writing (pictured) on title page.