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JONES, OWEN - Psalms of David [The Victoria Psalter]
Estimate:
$600 - $1,000
Sold
$300
Timed Auction
196 Rare Books including The John Mowbray Collection
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Description
JONES, OWEN
Psalms of David [The Victoria Psalter]
Illuminated by Owen Jones. [Day & Son 1862]
5 unnumbered leaves, comprising frontispiece, title and 2-page dedication, 100 leaves of text chromolithographed throughout in gold, reds, blues and black on heavy cream paper, gold-edged, some scattered foxing mostly on blanks & endpapers, leaves are all detached due to gutta percha glue drying out, some with light soiling and marks mostly to the margins. Folio, [430mm] enclosed in Jone's elaborately moulded and embossed relievo style leather binding, spine ends fraying else binding firm and VG.
"The Victoria Psalter", so-called as Queen Victoria accepted the dedication of this lavishly produced volume to her, is printed on thick card elaborately designed by Owen Jones "so rich as to be overpowering" (Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790-1914). The Relievo binding was also designed by Jones.
Psalms of David [The Victoria Psalter]
Illuminated by Owen Jones. [Day & Son 1862]
5 unnumbered leaves, comprising frontispiece, title and 2-page dedication, 100 leaves of text chromolithographed throughout in gold, reds, blues and black on heavy cream paper, gold-edged, some scattered foxing mostly on blanks & endpapers, leaves are all detached due to gutta percha glue drying out, some with light soiling and marks mostly to the margins. Folio, [430mm] enclosed in Jone's elaborately moulded and embossed relievo style leather binding, spine ends fraying else binding firm and VG.
"The Victoria Psalter", so-called as Queen Victoria accepted the dedication of this lavishly produced volume to her, is printed on thick card elaborately designed by Owen Jones "so rich as to be overpowering" (Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790-1914). The Relievo binding was also designed by Jones.
Condition
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