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The Seasons

The Seasons

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The Seasons

by (Augsburg School Drawing)

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Augusburg, 1750. Original Drawing for Book Illustration.  160 x 197 mm. (6 ¼ X 7 ¾ inches). Drawn on blue paper, laid down on 19th century paper.  Black double fillet ink border.  Shows some light wear but otherwise in very good condition.  An attractive and well executed drawing in brown and white ink which illustrates the Book of Life surrounded by figures which probably illustrate the four seasons.  This motif is crowned by a chorus of angels and saints also drawn in fine detail.  Originally thought to be an Italian drawing, the small-scale figures and the delicate pen strokes suggest the Augsburg School of the mid-18th century.  Artists like Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, Joseph Christ, and Godfried Göz, all painters of  considerable skill and reputation, who also worked closely with local publishers creating designs for prints and book illustrations.  The choice of blue paper and the application of white ink to heighten the image is typical of Augsburg style of the 1750's.  For further information see Thomas Kaufmann's monograph Central European Drawings 1680-1800.  Princeton, 1989 and an essay by Peter Stoll in OPUS, "Empire of Prints.  The Imperial City of Augsburg and the Printed Image in the 17th and 18th Centuries", 2016.  Both works are well illustrated and show examples of the drawings and prints from Augsburg artists during the period.

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De Simone Company, Booksellers US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Seasons
Author
(Augsburg School Drawing)
Book Condition
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Place of Publication
Augusburg
Date Published
1750
Keywords
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.

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