EXRare 1ST 1870 HARRISON WEIR DOG'S DINNER PARTY AMAZING CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS FINE!

Description: HARRISON WEIR HIS SCARCEST AND MOST SOUGHT AFTER BOOK SOME OF WEIR'S BEST ARTWORK IS WITHIN THIS VOLUME!!!! "THE DOG'S DINNER PARTY" 1ST EDITION 1870 ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION - NOT A MODERN RE-PRINT!! FANTASTIC COLOR PLATES!! WONDERFUL!! THIS IS REGARDED BY MANY AS WEIR'S MASTERPIECE!! EXTREMELY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL IN ITS 1ST EDITION FORM! This beautifully illustrated book is the scarcest and most sought after of Harrison Weir's books ever printed! Amazing Illustrations!! EXCEPTIONAL WORK BY THE MASTER ARTIST - Harrison Weir!! Wonderful Color Plates!! Extremely Sought After!! Complete!! NO MISSING ILLUSTRATIONS!! It has excellent Anthropomorphic / Fairy Tale / Myth and Legend style artwork Classic Fairy Tale Story WONDERFUL COLOR CHROMO LITHOGRAPH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRISON WEIR!!Including the Double Page Dinner Party Illustration!I have seen just this illustration sell for over $1,500.00! Absolutely fantastic!! Together with the myths and legends and fairy tale subject, this makes this a book that is a real classic This is full of fabulous Art Nouveau Illustrations - just look at the Art Nouveau lines in these!!! Look at the photographs to give you a feel for the amazing quality of these illustrations - the detail is fantastic!! So many of these book are split up for their illustrations - this one is complete - Amazing Color Plates!! WONDERFUL!!! Harrison Weir of course greatly influenced Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, William Heath Robinson and Kay Nielsen, and was influenced by Gustave Dore, Will Bradley, and many others - and is regarded by many as the master of book illustration. He is sought after by collectors of Jessie M. King, Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Ricketts, Edward Burne Jones, William Morris and the Kelmscott Press, James McNeill Whistler, Will Bradley, Walter Crane, Louis Rhead, Paul Berthon, Privat Livemont, Alphonse Mucha and others who illustrated posters printed by Maitres de L'Affiche, Laurence Housman, Charles Rene Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art, Talwin Morris, Katherine Cameron, C.R. Ashbee, Charles Robinson, Edmund Sullivan, Anning Bell, Harry Clarke, Eric Gill and many, many others! This complete illustrated book is in VERY Good condition!! Clean boards and spine - just a little rubbed and bumped - much less than is usual - (See photo's), hinges holding, the illustrations are wonderful!! - Amazing!!! - Complete - Wonderful - Especially considering this is over 150 years old!! This is the true 1st edition published by George Routledge and Sons in 1870 and is the most sought after of the series of books they published in this format. A great addition to the quality illustrated book collection and a wonderful opportunity to obtain an early 1st Weir edition at a low reserve!! CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER INTERESTING ILLUSTRATED ART NOUVEAU / ART DECO AND ARTS AND CRAFTS BOOKS!! I will also be listing the companion volume of the Cat's Tea Party also by Weir in the 1st edition form from 1870 The successful bidder to pay $15.95 shipping - International extra. Sales Tax might be collected by Ebay for your State

Price: 599.95 USD

Location: Mona, Utah

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