1870 Vanity Fair ART Henry Bulwer Frederick III of Prussia Illustrated COLOR
A rare printing of the first volume of the Vanity Fair Album. Vanity Fair is best known for full-page, color lithographs of world celebrities and dignitaries including artists, athletes, royalty, , scientists, authors, and scholars. More than 2000 of these images appeared, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of the period. According to author and editor Jehu Junior,
“The Vanity Fair Portraits are and remain the only work of their kind ever attempted; and as such they must always hold a special and distinct place as a permanent record of men of eminence in the nineteenth century.”
This 1870 edition includes 24 full page color plates of famous figures including
- Marquis of Westminster
- The Duke of Sutherland
- Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox
- Robert Montagu
- Prince of Prussia, Frederick III
- Henry Bulwer
1870 Vanity Fair ART Henry Bulwer Frederick III of Prussia Illustrated COLOR
A rare printing of the first volume of the Vanity Fair Album. Vanity Fair is best known for full-page, color lithographs of world celebrities and dignitaries including artists, athletes, royalty, , scientists, authors, and scholars. More than 2000 of these images appeared, and they are considered the chief cultural legacy of the magazine, forming a pictorial record of the period. According to author and editor Jehu Junior,
“The Vanity Fair Portraits are and remain the only work of their kind ever attempted; and as such they must always hold a special and distinct place as a permanent record of men of eminence in the nineteenth century.”
This 1870 edition includes 24 full page color plates of famous figures including
- Marquis of Westminster
- The Duke of Sutherland
- Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox
- Robert Montagu
- Prince of Prussia, Frederick III
- Henry Bulwer
Item number: #18941
Price: $795
JUNIOR, Jehu (pseud. Thomas Gibson Bowles)
Vanity Fair: a weekly show of political, social & literary wares… July – December
London: Vanity Fair Office, 1870.
Details:
- Collation:
- 270
- Wanting p. 155-158, 165-166; p. 167-168 present but damaged
- 24 lithograph engravings
- References: Jehu Junior, Vanity Fair Album: List of Cartoons and Volumes from the foundation of Vanity Fair in 1868
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~14.25in X 9.5in (36.5cm x 24.5cm)
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18941
Category
European History
Authors
JUNIOR, Jehu (pseud. Thomas Gibson Bowles)
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent