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a black and white image of a book with a picture of angelsan old book with a crown on top of it
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €240 - €360
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Thomson, James The Seasons. With a biography of the author by Patrick Murdoch. Edited by Bolton Corney. With numerous woodcuts by John Bell, C. W. Cope, Thomas Creswick, J. C. Horsley, J. P. Knight, R. Redgrave, Frank Stone, C. Stonhouse, Frederick Tayler, H. J. Townsend and Thomas Webster. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. XLV, 320 pp. Dark green chagrin leather binding with rich gilding on the covers, spine, head and inner edges, three-sided gilt edges, and a gold-stamped crown on both covers (marked: Haydar). (Gilt joints slightly rubbed). First edition with these illustrations. – Lowndes IV, 2671 – A richly illustrated edition of this first great English nature poem, a seminal work that bridges the European Enlightenment with the nascent Romantic movement, as it celebrates the sublimity of nature and broke with the rigid rules of classical poetry. The illustrations capture both idyllic scenes of nature and the dramatic and emotional narrative motifs of the poem, which were popular at the time. The richly detailed woodcuts were not printed as isolated, full-page plates, but were instead integrated directly into the text. - From the collection of the archaeologist and historian Count A. Sergeyevich Uvarov (1825–1883), with his bookplate on the inside cover. - Endpapers slightly browned; final leaves with a slight crease; overall a fine, decoratively bound copy. Dark green chagrin leather binding with lavish gold gilding on the covers, spine, headband and inner edges, three-sided gold edging, and a gold-embossed crown on both covers (signed: Haydar). (Binding joints slightly worn). First edition with these illustrations. - Lowndes IV, 2671 - A richly illustrated edition of this first great English nature poem, a seminal work that bridges the European Enlightenment and the dawn of Romanticism, as it celebrates the sublimity of nature and broke with the rigid rules of classical poetry. The illustrations capture both idyllic natural scenes and the dramatic and emotional narrative motifs of the poem, which were popular at the time. The richly detailed woodcuts were not printed as isolated, full-page plates, but were instead integrated directly into the text. - From the collection of the archaeologist and historian Count A. Sergeyevich Uvarov (1825–1883), with his bookplate on the inside cover. - Endpapers slightly browned, last pages with a slight crease; overall, a fine, decoratively bound copy. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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