VAN DEN BRANDEN F. Jos. (ed.)Livre Rare Book
Tiger Lilies Hand-drawn plates in a Fine Binding
18702005280042Handcrafted 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. A unique lovely hand-painted book in a fine binding. 28.5 x 25 cm. No date circa 1870-1880. Bound in fine contemporary red morocco with gilt lettering and decoration. Boards are heavily gilt ruled with extra-gilt dentelle. Marbled end sheets. All edges gilt. Manuscript calligraphic text of Aldrich's poem with hand-painted illustrations. "Painted by Mrs. John H. Van Antwerp Albany New York." Calligraphic title and 25 botanical plates many with the names of the flowers on the verso in Martha's hand with tissue guards. Many of the plates also include lovely images of butterflies moths or various insects. Drawn on Reynolds' Bristol Board. The artist has matched the variety of flower with Aldrich's verse. The artist Martha Wiswall Van Antwerp died August 30 1880 and drew this work on Reynolds' Bristolboard; and thus this work must have been created some time in the 1870s. Van Antwerp has signed the book in calligraphic initials on the title page and a small bookplate in the rear assigns this work to her. <br> Text of Aldrich's poem: "I like not lady-slippers Nor yet the sweet-pea blossoms Nor yet the flaky roses Red or white as snow; I like the chaliced lilies The heavy Eastern lilies The gorgeous tiger-lilies That in our garden grow." This volume was bound by Martha Van Antwerp's brother-in-law Daniel Lewis Van Antwerp 1828-1910 who began binding in Albany under his name in 1852 having previously worked for Anthony L. Harrison whose business he assumed. Binding Provenance provided to us by Mr. Steve Beare Handcrafted hardcover
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