SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE

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Lot 587 | SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE
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SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE

TENNYSON, Alfred Lord (1809-1892). London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1859.

Octavo (166 x 98mm). Half-title. 8-page publisher’s catalogue at end. Full crushed blue morocco, white pigskin doublures, cream silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Both covers with jeweled borders incorporating 16 small gilt-ruled rectangular panels of inlaid mother-of-pearl, alternating with a gilt leaf design and four pearls in gilt settings as cornerpieces; each border enclosing a central panel covered in gilt dots and featuring an oak tree depicted with inlaid morocco trunk, gilt stamped leaves, and a braid-pattern tree guard; the covers also both feature six coats of arms in multi-colored inlaid morocco, two hanging from the oak trunk and two each on flanking lances. Spine gilt, turn-ins gilt and inlaid; doublures of decorated white pigskin, the upper doublure illustrating “Exacalibur;” flyleaves of gilt-ruled white pigskin and cream-colored silk.

Octavo (166 x 98mm). Half-title. 8-page publisher’s catalogue at end. Full crushed blue morocco, white pigskin doublures, cream silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Both covers with jeweled borders incorporating 16 small gilt-ruled rectangular panels of inlaid mother-of-pearl, alternating with a gilt leaf design and four pearls in gilt settings as cornerpieces; each border enclosing a central panel covered in gilt dots and featuring an oak tree depicted with inlaid morocco trunk, gilt stamped leaves, and a braid-pattern tree guard; the covers also both feature six coats of arms in multi-colored inlaid morocco, two hanging from the oak trunk and two each on flanking lances. The central images vary: the upper cover depicts an archer’s target and the lower cover an additional coat of arms. Spine gilt in six compartments with raised and gilt bands. Turn-ins with quadruple gilt rules and inlaid waterlilies in white and green morocco; doublures of white pigskin with pink and olive inlaid floral cornerpieces; the upper doublure additionally features a gold-foil of the sword “Exacalibur,” surrounded by roses and with titling piece below; the flyleaves are gilt-ruled white pigskin and cream-colored silk. Stamp-signed with the binders’ cypher on the lower doublure. Later full morocco box lined with velvet (spine of box faded).





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York,11 December 1984, lot 107.

The Book as Art, Part I, Sotheby's New York, 2 June 1995, lot 381.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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