Alberto Pisa (Illustrator) - Sicily (With 48 Tipped in Colour Plates) - 1911
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Sicily (With 48 Tipped in Colour Plates), illustrated by Alberto Pisa, is a 1911 first edition illustrated hardback travel book published by Adam and Charles Black, comprising 312 pages with 48 tipped-in colour plates and a folding map.
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Lovely art-nouveau designed volume of this wonderfully illustrated book, with folding map, and tipped in colour plates painted by Alberto Pisa
“FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK'S IMPRESSIVE TRAVEL BOOKS, in this uncommon entry the ancient land of Sicily is described and illustrated in vivid and colourful detail. Pisa's exquisite paintings of gardens, ruins, landscapes, churches and villages are really quite exceptional and are here reproduced at the finest quality. This is one of the few of the Continental travel books to be illustrated by a native artist instead of a traveling Brit”.
“Pisa (1864-1936), was a noted Italian painter best known for his landscape watercolours of ruins, and garden views of Rome, Pompeii, Florence, and the Italian countryside and people in Ferrara”.
Item Description
First Edition 1911. Described by Spencer C. Musson. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated with 48 tipped in colour plates including frontispiece from the paintings of the Italian artist Alberto Pisa, finely produced on colour plates tipped onto sturdy grey stock, each with a captioned tissue guard, and with a folding sketch map at rear.
Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1911. Publisher’s original beautiful art-nouveau design boards of trellised vine leaves and grapes, pale grey purple and gold, lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine. Top edges gilt.
Book Dimensions: 23 x 17 x 4 cm and Number of Pages: 312 including index
Condition
The book is beautifully bound, designed and illustrated. Firm, and well bound copy. External covers in nice shape, with minor wear to corners, and to head and foot of spine. Internally the book is in very good condition. No names or inscriptions. All pages are tightly held at the gutter. Inner hinges are very good. Pages are clean, with light foxing to free endpaper pages, and occasionally on few other pages. All plates are present and in very nice bright condition (Please see pictures).
Lovely art-nouveau designed volume of this wonderfully illustrated book, with folding map, and tipped in colour plates painted by Alberto Pisa
“FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK'S IMPRESSIVE TRAVEL BOOKS, in this uncommon entry the ancient land of Sicily is described and illustrated in vivid and colourful detail. Pisa's exquisite paintings of gardens, ruins, landscapes, churches and villages are really quite exceptional and are here reproduced at the finest quality. This is one of the few of the Continental travel books to be illustrated by a native artist instead of a traveling Brit”.
“Pisa (1864-1936), was a noted Italian painter best known for his landscape watercolours of ruins, and garden views of Rome, Pompeii, Florence, and the Italian countryside and people in Ferrara”.
Item Description
First Edition 1911. Described by Spencer C. Musson. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated with 48 tipped in colour plates including frontispiece from the paintings of the Italian artist Alberto Pisa, finely produced on colour plates tipped onto sturdy grey stock, each with a captioned tissue guard, and with a folding sketch map at rear.
Published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1911. Publisher’s original beautiful art-nouveau design boards of trellised vine leaves and grapes, pale grey purple and gold, lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine. Top edges gilt.
Book Dimensions: 23 x 17 x 4 cm and Number of Pages: 312 including index
Condition
The book is beautifully bound, designed and illustrated. Firm, and well bound copy. External covers in nice shape, with minor wear to corners, and to head and foot of spine. Internally the book is in very good condition. No names or inscriptions. All pages are tightly held at the gutter. Inner hinges are very good. Pages are clean, with light foxing to free endpaper pages, and occasionally on few other pages. All plates are present and in very nice bright condition (Please see pictures).
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
History, Illustrated, Travels
Book Title
Sicily (With 48 Tipped in Colour Plates)
Author/ Illustrator
Alberto Pisa (Illustrator)
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1911
Height
23 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
Width
17 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Adam and Charles Black
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Tipped in plates
Number of pages
312
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