ANDERSEN, PAUL KRÜGER.Livre Rare Book
Andersen, Margit YoelBiblio.com
Album of Die-Cuts Worked into Colored Pencilled Background Illustrations
003694Hardcover. Very Good. N.d. circa 1890s. 4to. 26 by 21 cm. Unpaginated 20 pp. The background illustrations sets most of these pages apart from a typical chromolithographic die-cut album. The settings include garden and meadow a castle a seascape a lake. The cut-outs are of Tyrolean dancers dogs Lord Fauntleroy-like children soldiers courtiers flowers and bouquets ships and boats etc. Achieved by all this is collage that is not merely random but has a real cohesion. The cover is a classic Aesthetic Movement album cover with gilt a play of diagonals and rococo ornament and a chromolithographic centerpiece. The paper is acidic and thus a bit brittle -- relatively though less than many such albums. Attribution is based on a pencil inscription on the FEP. A little crinkling and minor closed tears as well as general wear. hardcover
