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"May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books." -Thomas Carlyle

Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!

Special Collections: Fine Bindings ~ Fairies and Fairy Tales ~ Terror and Madness ~ Poetry ~ Food, Drink and Apothecary ~ Science Fiction ~ Illuminations, Lettering and Hand-Coloring ~ Magic ~ Supernatural and Occult ~ Alchemy ~ Science and Technical ~ Maritime ~ Costumes ~ Humor ~ Children's books ~ Legend of King Arthur ~ Americana ~ 18th Century ~ 19th Century

Authors and illustrators: Edgar Allan Poe ~ Jules Verne ~ Edmund Dulac ~ Kay Nielsen ~ Arthur Rackham ~ Edward Gorey ~ Charles Dickens ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~ William Hope Hodgson ~ Mark Twain ~ Lewis Carroll ~ Salvador Dali ~ George Cruikshank ~ Emily Dickinson ~ Geoffrey Chaucer ~ H.G. Wells

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Samarkande - 20 Compositions en Couleurs dans le Style Oriental. Seguy, Eugene Alain. Paris, Charles Massin, Librairie Générale de l’Architecture et des arts Décoratifs, (ca. 1925). Brilliant series of colour pochoir plates with floral designs in Art Nouveau style with an ‘Oriental touch’ by Eugene Alain Seguy (1889-1985), one of the foremost French designers at the beginning of the 20th century. He worked in both the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles and published many design folios utilizing the pochoir technique, a printing process that employs a series of stencils to lay dense and vivid colour. The designs could be used for fabrics for dress and furnishing but also for wallpapers and carpets. via Antiquariaat Forum

Samarkande - 20 Compositions en Couleurs dans le Style Oriental. Seguy, Eugene Alain. Paris, Charles Massin, Librairie Générale de l’Architecture et des arts Décoratifs, (ca. 1925).

Brilliant series of colour pochoir plates with floral designs in Art Nouveau style with an ‘Oriental touch’ by Eugene Alain Seguy (1889-1985), one of the foremost French designers at the beginning of the 20th century. He worked in both the Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles and published many design folios utilizing the pochoir technique, a printing process that employs a series of stencils to lay dense and vivid colour. The designs could be used for fabrics for dress and furnishing but also for wallpapers and carpets.

via Antiquariaat Forum

#Art Nouveau  #Floral Design  #Eugene Alain Seguy  
2 years ago on June 03, 2010 at 05:59pm
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