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Lot 588
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Lot 588 | Sangorski & Sutcliffe
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Sangorski & Sutcliffe

BURNEY, Francis (1752-1840). Evelina. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co., n.d.

Kelliegram-style binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with no less than six pictorial morocco inlays: a scene of Evelina and her two suitors on the upper cover and scenes of one figure each on the lower cover, both doublures, and both flyleaves. Kelliegram bindings—with colorful inlaid morocco scenes from the contents adapted to the book covers—were first developed by the English firm of Kelly & Sons in the 1880s. The present example is in their style, but with all the stops pulled out by their competitors, Sangorski & Sutcliffe.



Octavo (179 x 106mm). Frontispiece, illustrated title, and numerous illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Full crushed levant purple morocco extra by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, pink morocco doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, gauffered and decorated in pink. The covers with elaborate gilt borders of rose branches enclosing multi-colored pictorial morocco scenes illustrating characters from the novel, spine and turn-ins gilt. Doublures and flyleaves of pink morocco similarly gilt and inlaid; each of the four morocco panels featuring a multi-colored pictorial inlaid morocco depiction of a character from the novel; pink silk endleaves. Full green morocco box lined with purple velvet, also by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.



Kelliegram-style binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with no less than six pictorial morocco inlays: a scene of Evelina and her two suitors on the upper cover and scenes of one figure each on the lower cover, both doublures, and both flyleaves. Kelliegram bindings—with colorful inlaid morocco scenes from the contents adapted to the book covers—were developed by the English firm of Kelly & Sons in the 1880s and continued into the 20th century. The present example is in their style, but with all the stops pulled out by their competitors, Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Over a dozen different colors of morocco were used in the inlays depicting eight full-length figures; the gauffered edges additionally decorated in pink are also unusual.



Octavo (179 x 106mm). Frontispiece, illustrated title, and numerous illustrations in text, including chapter headings, pictorial initials, and vignettes reproduced after drawings by Hugh Thomson. Full crushed levant purple morocco extra by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, pink morocco doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, gauffered and decorated in pink. The covers with elaborate gilt borders of rose branches decorated with pale pink and green morocco inlays each enclosing multi-colored pictorial morocco scenes illustrating characters from the novel. Spine gilt in five compartments with raised bands, two compartments lettered in gilt, the others continuing the rose-branch inlay pattern, the central compartment with an additional inlay of white and blue morocco depicting two quills bordered by love-hearts; turn-ins gilt with dots. Doublures and flyleaves of pink morocco with gilt borders of inlaid white rose branches, cornerpieces of blue and white love-hearts on the doublures and purple love-hearts on the endleaves; each of the four morocco panels featuring a multi-colored pictorial inlaid morocco depiction of a character from the novel; pink silk endleaves; stamp-signed by the binders on a morocco ticket on a lower endleaf. Full green morocco box lined with purple velvet, also by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (case a bit browned and rubbed).







Provenance

The Book as Art, Part I, Sotheby's New York, 2 June 1995, lot 58.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Printed books
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