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. L'an. Poemes de Thomas Braun. Illustré de Franz M. Melchers. Disbound copy with all plates and title-page placed under passepartout.

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Book Description

Melchers, Franz M. (1868-1944), Braun, Thomas. L'an. Poemes de Thomas Braun. Illustré de Franz M. Melchers. Disbound copy with all plates and title-page placed under passepartout. Bruxelles, E. Lyon Claesen, 1847 [= 1897]. (64) pag., colour lithographed title and 16 coloured lithographed plates representing each month plus 1 for each of the four seasons, all by Franz Melchers in beautiful art nouveau style, all plates and title placed under separate passepartout with the poem tipped onto verso, large quarto ( 40 x 40 cm. (passepartout size)).
Dealer Notes
= Sold as a collection of prints.
Superb colour plate work by Melchers employing his style of Japonism and Art Nouveau to depict the seasons in the Low Countries, i.e. Belgium and The Netherlands. Melchers was a pupil of Jan Toorop, who was also influenced by Japonism. This is the only book that Melchers illustrated. One of a thousand copies of the regular edition on wove paper, from an edition of 1070 copies in all. Contains 16 full-color illustrations of Belgian-Dutch scenes by Franz Melchers to accompany Braun's cycle of poems about the changing seasons.
Author Melchers, Franz M. (1868-1944 - images), Braun, Thomas (text)
Date 1847 [= 1897]
Binding n/a
Publisher E. Lyon Claesen
Illustrator Franz M. Melchers
Condition Very good
Pages (64) pag.

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