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HardPress Publishing, 2013-01-28. Paperback. Good.

London: The Studio Ltd. 1915. 4to.Illustrated. 26, + plates, pp. Contemporary quarter black morocco over dark green cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt devices & lettering. Vellum tips. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Introductory text by Ernest G. Halton followed by sixty-five full-page plates by Samuel Prout. Boards fresh and clean. Internally clean. No ownership names. A nice copy. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. 1915.

London: Hodgson & Graves, 1839. Lithograph with engraving in colors on cream wove paper, 20 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (521 x 364 mm), full margins. Scattered light surface soiling on the recto and verso, minor toning, and two small strips of non-archival tape at the top right and left sheet corners on the verso. From the folio of the same title containing 25 lithographed plates. Samuel Prout was born in Plymouth in 1783 to Samuel Prout Senior, a naval outfitter, and Mary Cater, a homemaker; the fourth of fourteen children. Prout grew up in the countryside, and spent his summers as a youth sketching and painting the bucolic valleys, thatched cottages, water mills, and serene rivers in Devon. This ink and wash is likely one of Prout's early works from the years when he was under the tutelage of author, artist and educator Dr. John Bidlake.

1915. London / Paris / New York, The Studio Ltd., 1915. 21 cm x 29.8 cm. Colour Frontispiece protected by tissue guard. 26 pages. With 65 one-sided black-and-white plates following the text. Hardcover / Original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains a 19th century reproduction of an A.L.S. by Samuel Prout dated Feb. 14, 1843. Includes for example the following illustrations: Chartres / Lyons / Brussels / Louvain / Tournai / Igel / Mayence / Bamberg / Ratisbon / Dresden / Prague / Milan / Venice / Rome / Geneva / Sion etc. Samuel Prout (1783-1852) was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. John Ruskin, whose work often emulated Prout's, wrote in 1844, "Sometimes I tire of Turner, but never of Prout". Prout is often compared… Read More

London New York : ""The Studio"" Ltd, 1915. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance; bookplate from the Oliver collection. Previous owners signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: volumes 26 pages, 55 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 30 cm. Notes: Issued as a special number of ""The Studio"", Winter 1914-15; also as a special number of ""The International Studio"" [New York], Winter 1914-15. Subjects: Prout, Samuel 1783-1852; Criticism and interpretation; Travel Europe; Travel; Architectural drawing; Artist, Sketches Travel England; Drawing, British; France in art; Belgium in art; Germany in art; Italy In art; Switzerland in art; Europe Drawings.Europe Description and travel Views; English nineteenth century drawing. Other names: Halton, Ernest G. Holme, Charles 1848-1923… Read More

Hodgson & Graves Her Majesty’s Print Sellers & Publishers , c.1839. A handsome copy in very good condition. Plates are clean and crisp. . Edition: First Edition, Binding: Rebacked skillfully with half calf saving the orginal red pebbled cloth boards. Spine with raised bands in six compartments with tooled gilt designs and lettering. , Notes: Among the finest of Prout’s work in lithograph. Samuel Prout (1783 - 1852) was one of the masters of British watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. John Ruskin, whose work often emulated Prout\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s, wrote in 1844, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Sometimes I tire of Turner, but never of Prout\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Prout is often compared to his contemporaries; Turner, Gainsborough, Constable and Ruskin, whom he taught.It was not however until about 1818 that Prout discovered his niche. Happening time to make his first visit to the Continent, and… Read More