COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
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LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
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Image Caption:
Covers, ART Vol. a71.
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Covers, ART Vol. a71.
Image Caption
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General Description:
An early "artist book"/ "altered book" by Pinckney Marcius-Simons, 1908. Vellum over millboards, painted in watercolor and gold.
general_description
An early "artist book"/ "altered book" by Pinckney Marcius-Simons, 1908. Vellum over millboards, painted in watercolor and gold.
General Description
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Binder:
Marcius-Simons, Pinckney, 1867-1909.
binder
Marcius-Simons, Pinckney, 1867-1909.
Binder
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Period:
1908
style_period
1908
Period
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Call Number:
ART Vol. a71
classification
ART Vol. a71
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Inscribed "A Mon Ami Monsieur Arthur Meyer" by the artist (possibly to Arthur Meyer, 1844-1924, French journalist and politician, who collected books adorned with drawings); purchased by H. C. Folger in 1924 from Maggs Bros., London.
provenance
Inscribed "A Mon Ami Monsieur Arthur Meyer" by the artist (possibly to Arthur Meyer, 1844-1924, French journalist and politician, who collected books adorned with drawings); purchased by H. C. Folger in 1924 from Maggs Bros., London.
Provenance
false
Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
author
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Author
false
Title:
[Midsummer night's dream. French] Le songe d'une nuit d'été / Paul Meurice ; féerie d'après W. Shakespeare.
title
[Midsummer night's dream. French] Le songe d'une nuit d'été / Paul Meurice ; féerie d'après W. Shakespeare.
Title
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Created / Published:
Paris : Librairie L. Conquet, 1886.
created_published
Paris : Librairie L. Conquet, 1886.
Created / Published
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Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=19566
Hamnet URL
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Technical Description:
Sewn on three linen tapes with printed textile pastedown and made endleaf designed by "Huloo" (signed on back pastedown). Rounded and backed spine. Head-edge of text block gilt. Headand tailbands worked with linen thread which has been painted. Orange and green bookmark. Vellum case with a French joint. Lap corners.
technical_description
Sewn on three linen tapes with printed textile pastedown and made endleaf designed by "Huloo" (signed on back pastedown). Rounded and backed spine. Head-edge of text block gilt. Headand tailbands worked with linen thread which has been painted. Orange and green bookmark. Vellum case with a French joint. Lap corners.
Technical Description
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Dimensions:
240 x 170 x 14 mm.
display_dimensions
240 x 170 x 14 mm.
Dimensions
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Decorative Description:
Vellum covers painted in watercolor with a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream showing Oberon accompanied by fairies. Title in blue watercolor descending the spine and in gold paint across the top of the upper cover. Lines from the play written in black ink at bottom corners of covers.
decorative_description
Vellum covers painted in watercolor with a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream showing Oberon accompanied by fairies. Title in blue watercolor descending the spine and in gold paint across the top of the upper cover. Lines from the play written in black ink at bottom corners of covers.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
This is one of the earliest known "artist books." "Pinky" Marcius-Simons, born in New York in 1867, began his career painting genre and architectural paintings. Later, while living in Bayreuth, Germany, he changed his style, producing more fanciful compositions. He died in Bayreuth in 1909, not long after having painted this binding on a readily available French edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The printed text is partially obscured by the gouache and watercolor paintings covering each page from edge to edge. All 90 pages, as well as the binding, depict colorful scenes from the play.
other_details
This is one of the earliest known "artist books." "Pinky" Marcius-Simons, born in New York in 1867, began his career painting genre and architectural paintings. Later, while living in Bayreuth, Germany, he changed his style, producing more fanciful compositions. He died in Bayreuth in 1909, not long after having painted this binding on a readily available French edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The printed text is partially obscured by the gouache and watercolor paintings covering each page from edge to edge. All 90 pages, as well as the binding, depict colorful scenes from the play.
Other Details
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Literature:
Folger 15:10 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
references
Folger 15:10 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
Literature
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
Painted bindings -- Germany -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Painted bindings -- Germany -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
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Binding Terms (RBMS):
Vellum bindings -- Germany -- 20th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Vellum bindings -- Germany -- 20th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
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