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Reprint (Twenty Fourth Thousand) of the 1897 HMCo. First Edition. Hard cover, 12mo, in red decorated cloth with an image of the Venetian symbol of the Lion of Saint Mark blocked in black and gold to the front board, with titles and an image of a trident and sea serpent on the spine. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red opposite the tissue guarded frontispiece art. Printed on laid paper and designed by the important American typographer, Bruce Rogers (1870-1957). 205 pp. **CONDITION: Very Good Plus. Spine sunned. Small marginal foxing to prelims affects title page. Light age toning to pages. Otherwise, very clean, firm and square. A gift inscription dated 1908 appears on the ffep. **This is a travelogue and appreciation of Venice, the City of the Sea, as observed by the artist, author, and engineer responsible for building the base of the Statue of Liberty, Francis Hopkinson-Smith (1838-1915). Born in Baltimore, he worked in gouache, watercolor and pastel, and was among a number of turn of the century artists who drew on the special light and scenery of Venice for inspiration. He wrote a number of novels, several of which were turned in to film in the first decade of the twentieth century. This book contains black and white reproductions of some eight of his works. Bruce Rogers designed the title page, initial capitals and the design of the cloth binding, with illustrations to front board and the spine. REF: Haas (1936) No. 15.
Ref: ADV 9241
$35.00