Excerpt from Arthur Boyd Houghton: A Selection From His Work in Black and White, Printed for the Most Part From the Original Wood-Blocks; With an Introduction Essay C iiarisen, a school of such moment and intellectual dignity as the one made familiar to us under the fancy name chosen by its first founders - the preraphaelite: and that work, so full of the instinct for decorative fitness, should have come to us submerged in popular editions whose binding, paper, and decorative borders combine to rob it of its effect, and ...
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Excerpt from Arthur Boyd Houghton: A Selection From His Work in Black and White, Printed for the Most Part From the Original Wood-Blocks; With an Introduction Essay C iiarisen, a school of such moment and intellectual dignity as the one made familiar to us under the fancy name chosen by its first founders - the preraphaelite: and that work, so full of the instinct for decorative fitness, should have come to us submerged in popular editions whose binding, paper, and decorative borders combine to rob it of its effect, and Obscure the apparentness of its aim. In the books produced during its first decade the school had to carry out its mission in partibus infidelibus its in uence was strictly limited to the wood-blocks on which its work appeared, and did not extend to page or to type. It had not, as since, disciplined printer, binder and publisher to its demands. All that it could do, so far as the forms of printing went, was to supply an element of incongruity, by setting down beauty and distinction amid the sordid conventions Of common-place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very good. Profusely illustrated, rubricated title, tissue guards, untrimmed. 4to, olive cloth, rubbed and corners bumped, but a fine copy inside. London: Kegan Paul, 1896. First Edition. Very good.
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