Old Spain; Drawings by Muirhead Bone, Descriptions by Gertrude Bone
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1936. First, Limited Edition. 2 vols. Royal folio, 20 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (515 x 250 mm). Brown pigskin, raised bands, t.e.g., rest uncut. Printed and bound at the Oxford University press. Some offset to endpapers, which is typical, boards very lightly rubbed and soiled; internally clean and bright throughout, binding firm; pencil ownership name and address of S.R. Courtauld to flyleaves of both volumes
Vol. 1: xvii (rubricated title with vignette, limitation, index of plates for both volumes), (2 introduction), 120 pp.; 57 color and black & white illustrations of Mérida, Ronda, Grazalema, Seville, Cádiz, Granada, Segovia, Medina del Campo, Zamora, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Arévalo, Valladolid, Ávila, León, Villafranca del Bierzo, Sahagún, Astorga, Zamora, Salamanca, Tormes, and Cuenca.
Vol. 2: vii (rubricated title with vignette, index of plates for volume 2), 235 pp. 62 color and black & white illustrations of Santiago de Compostela, Guadalupe, Trujillo, Cáceres, Mérida, Oviedo, Villaviciosa, Covadonga, Potes, San Vicente de la Barquera, Cudillero, Gijón, Santillana del Mar, Durango, Bilbao, Pamplona, Girona, Barcelona, and Sahagún.
Copy No. 82 of 265 as stated on the limitation pages, signed by both Muirhead and Gertrude Bone. Without the additional portfolio of two original drypoint etchings, each signed by Muirhead Bone.
Provenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Signed limited first edition of this very impressive collection of Spanish landscapes, cityscapes, and interiors.
Sir Muirhead Bone (Glasgow, 1876–1953) was a Scottish engraver and watercolorist best known for his depictions of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. After the armistice, he began to travel extensively abroad, visiting France, Italy, and Spain, among other countries, which increasingly influenced his work. Between 1925 and 1928, he made an extensive visit to Spain with his wife, Gertrude Bone, a writer. This trip resulted in this celebrated work "Old Spain."
Condition: Fine.
Item number: 1856
Price: $4,500.00
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