Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018
367 368 367 c KENT, ROCKWELL. 21 matted photo-engravings reproducing Kent’s illustrations of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis. Plates only, serving as an accompaniment to the deluxe issue of the book (75 copies printed). Mats individually stamped “The Printing House of Leo Hart, Rochester, New York”; mounting adhesive to plates and acetate overlays desiccated leaving the plates loose from the mats and with light stains. Housed in a plain period custom box. Rochester: Leo Hart, [1931] [200/300] 368 c LAY, CHARLES DOWNING. Collection of approximately 50 etch- ings. Each signed and most titled in pencil below the image. Various sizes, various condition. American, circa 1925-1930 [700/1,000] Several duplicates but including approximately 25 different images including: Fanning the Flames, The Brook,The Campfire Night, June,The Shop, The Storm, The Apple Tree, Chinoiserie, Selma and others.
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