MANSION, Andre-Leon (1785-1834)
Fancy Dress Ball. London: printed by Englemann, Hullmandel or Lefevre for W. Spooner, [1831].
A fine complete suite of thirty lithographs by Andre-Leon Mansion depicting various regional and national costumes, fully hand-coloured and heightened with gum-arabic, the colours fresh and bright, each showing a young woman in colourful native fancy ball dresses, often with elaborate headwear and/or accessories, posed in a natural scene. The various regions, throughout Europe and western Asia, are indicated in the lower margin. Mansion was both the original artist and lithographer. Bobins II, 489.
Large folio (510 x 314). 30 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand and highlighted in gum arabic, with engraved borders and captions (some spotting mostly confined to margins). Contemporary maroon half morocco over combed marbled-paper boards, title gilt letter to morocco label on upper cover, spine with gilt tooled raised bands (a little rubbed at extremities).
MANSION, Andre-Leon (1785-1834)
Fancy Dress Ball. London: printed by Englemann, Hullmandel or Lefevre for W. Spooner, [1831].
A fine complete suite of thirty lithographs by Andre-Leon Mansion depicting various regional and national costumes, fully hand-coloured and heightened with gum-arabic, the colours fresh and bright, each showing a young woman in colourful native fancy ball dresses, often with elaborate headwear and/or accessories, posed in a natural scene. The various regions, throughout Europe and western Asia, are indicated in the lower margin. Mansion was both the original artist and lithographer. Bobins II, 489.
Large folio (510 x 314). 30 lithographic plates, coloured by a contemporary hand and highlighted in gum arabic, with engraved borders and captions (some spotting mostly confined to margins). Contemporary maroon half morocco over combed marbled-paper boards, title gilt letter to morocco label on upper cover, spine with gilt tooled raised bands (a little rubbed at extremities).
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