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351 - J. G. [Joseph Guy] Lubbock. Five volumes with color etchings. Original prints and text. London, Bertram Rota 1969–1994. With a total of 55 colored copperplate engravings featuring etching, deep etching, and aquatint, some single-sheet size, some double-sheet size. Original half-leather and full-leather bindings, two with colored silk cover linings, four with gold-stamped cover illustrations, gilt spine titles and gilt head edges. Four in their original slipcases.
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J. G. [Joseph Guy] Lubbock. Five volumes with color etchings. Original prints and text. London, Bertram Rota 1969–1994. With a total of 55 colored copperplate engravings featuring etching, deep etching, and aquatint, some single-sheet size, some double-sheet size. Original half-leather and full-leather bindings, two with colored silk cover linings, four with gold-stamped cover illustrations, gilt spine titles and gilt head edges. Four in their original slipcases. Auction start time: approx. 4:24 p.m. (Schedule subject to change) I. Aspects of Art & Science. 1969. With twelve copperplate engravings. One of 80 copies. II. Light and the Mind’s Eye. 1974. With 13 copperplate engravings. One of 70 copies. III. Perception of Earth. 1977. With ten copperplate engravings. One of 70 copies. IV. Love for the Earth. 1990. With eleven copperplate engravings. One of 95 copies. V. Landscapes of the Spirit. 1994. With nine copperplate engravings. One of 65 copies. Imprints signed by the artist. - The texts are printed in two colors on heavy handmade paper. - Each comes with the publisher’s flyer as an insert. - The copper plates were etched and engraved, creating a relief effect in the prints through deep etching. The colors were applied twice to the printing plates: once in the etched intaglio areas and once on the relief. The prints were subsequently glazed or overpainted. Each copy of these small editions is therefore one-of-a-kind. 33.5 × 25.0 cm (I–III); 29.0 × 24.5 cm (IV–V). - I: Without slipcase; edges minimally browned. - Spine of V slightly discolored. English description: Slipcase I is missing. - Edges slightly browned. - Spine V slightly discolored
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