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(FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS - DOUBLE). ROGERS, SAMUELBiblio.com

POEMS

1822Best.-Nr. ST21092London: Printed for T. Cadell by T. Bensley 1822. 170 x 105 mm. 6 5/8 x 4 1/8". 4 p.l. 319 1 pp. Quite nice period honey-brown straight-grain morocco covers with frame of decorative blind rolls gilt armorial supralibros of William Carr Viscount Beresford at center raised bands densely blind-tooled panels gilt lettering gilt-framed turn-ins vellum endleaves leather hinges all edges gilt. WITH APPEALING DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS one depicting Richmond Bridge the other Kingston upon Thames. Joints expertly strengthened. Numerous small illustrations in text. Light wear to spine covers just slightly marked title and last leaf a little foxed intermittent trivial foxing elsewhere other insignificant defects but an excellent copy the binding sturdy and lustrous the contents fresh and clean and the fore-edge paintings well preserved. This volume of Romantic poems comes adorned with two atmospheric fore-edge paintings. English poet Samuel Rogers 1763-1855 the scion of a wealthy banking family first achieved fame with the publication in 1792 of "The Pleasures of Memory" and was later greatly inspired by his Italian travels during which he met Shelley and Byron in Pisa. The present collection of his works is decorated with pleasing fore-edge paintings of sights closer to home. Fanned to the right the fore-edge depicts Richmond Bridge in London its graceful stone arches framing the reflections of trees and bobbing boats. Fanned to the left a scene of Kingston upon Thames is revealed a fishing boat with two silhouetted figures in the foreground and the tower of All Saint's Church rising over the red-roofed cottages. Both scenes are executed in cheerful though muted colors with lush greenery and serene waters. It is difficult to tell the age of the paintings but we can at least say that they convey a convincing expression of quietude. As often happens with authors whose works are greatly popular and then suddenly not so much Rogers' poetry fell abruptly out of fashion later in his life at roughly the time our volume was issued. As a consequence his books became a popular target for fore-edge adornment as a way to encourage the sales of volumes that otherwise might languish on the bookstore shelf. Our copy is from the library of William Carr Beresford 1768-1854 the first Viscount Beresford. He distinguished himself as a general in the Peninsular War fighting alongside the Duke of Wellington. He was elevated to the peerage in honor of his military achievements and invested in the Order of Bath whose motto "Tria Juncta in Uno" "Three Joined in One" circles his crest here. Printed for T. Cadell by T. Bensley unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · Vereinigte Staaten1.300,00 $≈ 1.161,44 €

(FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS). FENELON, FRANCOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHEBiblio.com

EXTRACTS FROM THE RELIGIOUS WORKS

1809Best.-Nr. ST14310fLondon: J. Hatchard 1809. 210 x 133 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4". xvi 291 pp.Translated by Louisa A. Marshall. Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco covers bordered with gilt rule flat spine with simple gilt rules and titling gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt and WITH A FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF A SCENIC RIVER VIEW FEATURING CHRIST CHURCH PRIORY in Hampshire. Front free endpaper with owner signature of E. A. Fetherston. Slight variation in color of boards half title with one inch trimmed away at head probably removing owner inscription leaves a shade less than bright occasional minor foxing or offsetting in the text bed but still an excellent copy the text clean and fresh the pleasant binding entirely sound and the lovely fore-edge painting very well preserved. The typically bucolic fore-edge scene here--boat in tranquil water stately building occupying center stage trees all around puffy clouds--stands out for the level of achievement in execution by the artist. The clouds are painted in a delicately applied range of shades so that they are very convincing; there is considerable architectural detail visible on the side of the church; and it seems as if one can almost see individual leaves in the trees. These features are all hallmarks of the work of the so-called "Dover Painter" the name given by Jeff Weber to the artist who produced very high quality painted fore edges in the 1920s and 1930s. He did work for the famous London bookseller Marks & Company for Dawson's Bookshop in Los Angeles and for J. W. Robinson Company the Los Angeles department store. Estelle Doheny 1875-1958 whose library comprised one of the great collections of the 20th century bought actively from Dawson's and Weber estimates that approximately half of the very considerable number of especially fine fore-edge paintings in the Doheny collection in Camarillo California were done by the Dover Painter. As the fore-edge painting here evokes a feeling of serenity so too does the content religious meditations by François Fénélon 1651-1715 priest writer and tutor to King Louis XIV's grandson for whom he composed his best-known work "The Adventures of Telemachus.". J. Hatchard unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · Vereinigte Staaten1.248,00 $≈ 1.114,98 €

O'Grady, Desmond (Ink Paintings by Louis Le Brocquy)Biblio.com

THE GODODDIN: A VERSION BY DESMOND O'GRADY; Dolmen Editions XXVI

1977Best.-Nr. 85163Dublin Ireland: Dolmen Press 1977. Limited Edition 1/650 copies. Limited edition 1/650 copies. Quarto. Black cloth over boards 10 5/8 in. x 7 1/4 in. with striking painting by Louis le Brocquy of a rook in flight to front board. White lettering to spine. Housed in Black and Red on White dustjacket. 78 pp with red and black lettering to dustjacket spine. It is interesting to note that while creating the images for this book the artist le Brocquy was healing from an injury which encased his primary drawing/painting hand in plaster. He writes: "In my present task I have not had the use of my right hand which is immobilised in plaster. With my available left hand I cannot write nor do any precise operation at all. It is encouraging therefore to note that this clumsy left hand produces illustrations as well as paintings which are not less articulate than those formerly made with my right. It would seem to show that no predictable skill whatever is involved and that images emerge not by imnposition on my part but as it were automatically -- jerked into coherence by a series of vaguely directed accidents discovered rather than executed. In illlustrating THE GODODDIN I discovered nothing but rooks. This would be less disconcerting were I preoccupied with Ted Hughes's CROW. As it is I have had to accept their persistent presence in THE GODODDIN as a kind of counterpoint to its own repetitive and compassionate insistence and in renewed irony as a recurrent image of the unscathed victor" "Aneirin the sixth-century Welsh poet is reputed to have been one of a handful of survivors from the battle of Catraeth which inspired his epic poem THE GODODDIN.Desmond O'Grady's belief is that what Aneirin wrote of his war is true of all wars and informs the purpose of his version which is to give a 'reading' of the poem as one way in which it might have been written today." Louis le Brocquy executed magnificent brush drawings for Thomas Kinsella's version of the Irish epic THE TAIN.has provided a series of ink paintings to accompany Desmond O'Grady's text. Dolmen Press unknown

Aardvark Rare Books · Vereinigte Staaten330,00 $≈ 294,83 €

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