Stationers & Account Book Manufacturers... Door Plates made and engraved... Office Seals and Stencil Plates... Orders by Post Punctually Attended to, and Forwarded Carriage Paid to all parts of the Kingdom.
by LE BLOND, Abraham; and Robert LE BLOND
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London,: 4, Walbrook, near the Mansion House, & 6, Church Court, Clements Lane,, [1840-1847]. 115 by 70mm (4.5 by 2.75 inches).. Prints,""Le Blond & Co. Engravers, Copper Plate, Letter Press and Lithographic Printers. A is for Account Book Manufacturers Lithographed trade card, printed in sanguine Family lore holds that the Le Blonds were descended from James Christopher Le Blon, """"the well-known figure who in the time of Hogarth was the first to print pictures in their natural and proper colours from a series of metal plates, which was the real origin of printing in colours by the three-colour process"""" (Courtney Lewis). It is therefore fitting that the Le Blond & Co., firm of printers, established by brothers Robert (1816-1863) and Abraham (1819-1894), in about 1840 in Walbrook, is now most often associated with the iconic """"Baxter"""" print. George Baxter had obtained a patent for a process of printing in colours with woodblocks in 1836. In 1849, Le Blond became a licensee of the process, continuing to reissue prints by this method until 1868, when the proliferation of chromolithography, superseded it. By 1847, the firm had moved to 24 Budge Row and Walbrook. In 1881 the business of Le Blond & Co. was moved to Carron House, 14 Upper Thames Street, London, with works at Kingston, Surrey. When it moved it borrowed money on debentures, under which, in 1894, a receiver was appointed, who sold off all the assets, the business itself being ultimately purchased, we believe, by Messrs. Fry and Barclay. Courtney Lewis, 'The Le Blond book', London 1920
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- Bookseller
- Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17807
- Title
- Stationers & Account Book Manufacturers... Door Plates made and engraved... Office Seals and Stencil Plates... Orders by Post Punctually Attended to, and Forwarded Carriage Paid to all parts of the Kingdom.
- Author
- LE BLOND, Abraham; and Robert LE BLOND
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- 4, Walbrook, near the Mansion House, & 6, Church Court, Clements Lane,
- Place of Publication
- London,
- Date Published
- [1840-1847]
- Keywords
- trade card, colour printing, baxter print""
- Size
- 115 by 70mm (4.5 by 2.75 inches).
Terms of Sale
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
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About the Seller
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2018
London
About Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Daniel Crouch Rare Books is specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Our carefully selected stock also includes a number of fine prints and globes, and a selection of cartographic reference books.Our particular passions include rare atlases, wall maps, and separately published maps and charts. We strive to acquire unusual and quirky maps that are in fine condition. We are members of the following trade associations: The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (ABA); The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA); Confédération Internationale des Négociantes en Oeuvres d'Art (CINOA); The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD); and The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). Daniel and Nick are also both members of The Company of Art Scholars, Dealers, and Collectors.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...