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Query about frontispiece from old book
I know this is a shot in the dark, but---
Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg --or can anyone recommend a good place to ask? I'm looking to find an original or at least a 300 dpi high res scan of the image. Thanks so much for your time! Brian Dallas, TX |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
CP Baudelaire wrote: I know this is a shot in the dark, but--- Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg --or can anyone recommend a good place to ask? I'm looking to find an original or at least a 300 dpi high res scan of the image. Thanks so much for your time! Brian Dallas, TX Dear Brian, It doesn't look so much like a frontispiece as it does like a vignette. Possibly as TP vignette or a vignette on the last page of the book. I am not familiar with it, though. I do see something which looks like initials in the lowest form. That might help you to identify the thing, with the name of the draftsman or engraver. Actually, there is a lot of good information buried on the plates in books, and not referred to by many librarians or bibliographers. One of the reasons I like the AAS[MWA] catalog so much is that they almost always list the draftsman and the printmaker, as well as the names of all the craftsmen involved in a book including the printer and stereotyper. That gives their descriptions a lot of currency. They also will mention the changing address of any of these as an aid to establishing the issue or date of publication. Some of their dating feels almost miraculous, since it is based on the dates at which various titles advertised in a book were published, working from catalogs of the publisher involved. This enables them to work out a date of publication very precisely, even without a date or a copyright date in the book. Sincerely, Annibale |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
Annibale wrote:
CP Baudelaire wrote: I know this is a shot in the dark, but--- Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg It doesn't look so much like a frontispiece as it does like a vignette. Possibly as TP vignette or a vignette on the last page of the book. I am not familiar with it, though. I do see something which looks like initials in the lowest form. That might help you to identify the thing, with the name of the draftsman or engraver. I can't quite make out the initials, but it's possible they are HH - which makes me think of Hans Holbien. He did "The Dance of Death" in 1538. The style is similar... although I'm not sure the image you have is a woodcut; it's hard to tell. Andrew Jr. === Andrew Cornwall |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
CP Baudelaire wrote:
Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg Another thought is that this is an emblem from an "emblem book." Skulls, skeletons, and other images of death were common enough symbols in emblems. I don't know the literature well enough to suggest how to "source" a particular free-floating emblem, but this site might give you a start: http://emblem.libraries.psu.edu William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
Annibale wrote:
Actually, there is a lot of good information buried on the plates in books, and not referred to by many librarians or bibliographers. One of the reasons I like the AAS[MWA] catalog so much is that they almost always list the draftsman and the printmaker, as well as the names of all the craftsmen involved in a book including the printer and stereotyper. That gives their descriptions a lot of currency. They also will mention the changing address of any of these as an aid to establishing the issue or date of publication. I concur. The American Antiquarian Society's catalogue is a marvel. It is jam-packed with information. If your item falls within their purview, their catalogue is definitely worth checking out: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/library.htm William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
"CP Baudelaire" wrote in message ups.com... I know this is a shot in the dark, but--- Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg --or can anyone recommend a good place to ask? I'm looking to find an original or at least a 300 dpi high res scan of the image. Thanks so much for your time! Brian Dallas, TX -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reposted so as to help clear some of the rubbish from the listings and cache, which may otherwise deter casual readers |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
"Annibale" wrote in message ps.com... CP Baudelaire wrote: I know this is a shot in the dark, but--- Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg --or can anyone recommend a good place to ask? I'm looking to find an original or at least a 300 dpi high res scan of the image. Thanks so much for your time! Brian Dallas, TX Dear Brian, It doesn't look so much like a frontispiece as it does like a vignette. Possibly as TP vignette or a vignette on the last page of the book. I am not familiar with it, though. I do see something which looks like initials in the lowest form. That might help you to identify the thing, with the name of the draftsman or engraver. Actually, there is a lot of good information buried on the plates in books, and not referred to by many librarians or bibliographers. One of the reasons I like the AAS[MWA] catalog so much is that they almost always list the draftsman and the printmaker, as well as the names of all the craftsmen involved in a book including the printer and stereotyper. That gives their descriptions a lot of currency. They also will mention the changing address of any of these as an aid to establishing the issue or date of publication. Some of their dating feels almost miraculous, since it is based on the dates at which various titles advertised in a book were published, working from catalogs of the publisher involved. This enables them to work out a date of publication very precisely, even without a date or a copyright date in the book. Sincerely, Annibale ----------------------------------------------------------- Reposted so as to help clear some of the rubbish from the listings and cache, which may otherwise deter casual readers |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
"Andrew" wrote in message ... Annibale wrote: CP Baudelaire wrote: I know this is a shot in the dark, but--- Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg It doesn't look so much like a frontispiece as it does like a vignette. Possibly as TP vignette or a vignette on the last page of the book. I am not familiar with it, though. I do see something which looks like initials in the lowest form. That might help you to identify the thing, with the name of the draftsman or engraver. I can't quite make out the initials, but it's possible they are HH - which makes me think of Hans Holbien. He did "The Dance of Death" in 1538. The style is similar... although I'm not sure the image you have is a woodcut; it's hard to tell. Andrew Jr. === Andrew Cornwall ----------------------------------------------------------- Reposted so as to help clear some of the rubbish from the listings and cache, which may otherwise deter casual readers |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
"William M. Klimon" wrote in message ps.com... CP Baudelaire wrote: Anyone have any idea what book this frontispiece may be from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ade/skels1.jpg Another thought is that this is an emblem from an "emblem book." Skulls, skeletons, and other images of death were common enough symbols in emblems. I don't know the literature well enough to suggest how to "source" a particular free-floating emblem, but this site might give you a start: http://emblem.libraries.psu.edu William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Reposted so as to help clear some of the rubbish from the listings and cache, which may otherwise deter casual readers |
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Query about frontispiece from old book
"William M. Klimon" wrote in message ups.com... Annibale wrote: Actually, there is a lot of good information buried on the plates in books, and not referred to by many librarians or bibliographers. One of the reasons I like the AAS[MWA] catalog so much is that they almost always list the draftsman and the printmaker, as well as the names of all the craftsmen involved in a book including the printer and stereotyper. That gives their descriptions a lot of currency. They also will mention the changing address of any of these as an aid to establishing the issue or date of publication. I concur. The American Antiquarian Society's catalogue is a marvel. It is jam-packed with information. If your item falls within their purview, their catalogue is definitely worth checking out: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/library.htm William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Reposted so as to help clear some of the rubbish from the listings and cache, which may otherwise deter casual readers |
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