*RARE SIGNED LTD/ED. SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT ARTBOOK – AUGUSTIN EDOUART*

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Up for auction is a Scarce, Signed Limited Edition of, Shades of My Forefathers by Hannah R. London. Springfield, Massachusetts: Pond-Ekberg Co., 1941. 199 pages. Limited to only 500 Signed by London, whereas this is number 461 as so indicated on the Colophon page. Foreword by John Hayes Holmes. Featuring 59 silhouette portrait plates, this finely printed volume also includes chapters pertaining to methods of taking the profile portrait, profiles of William Bache taken by mechanical means, hollow-cut profiles, Fevret de Saint-Memin, wax portraits, William James Hubard, Augustin Edouart, William Henry Brown, plus more. This also includes a list of illustrations, a bibliography and a complete index. Bound in blue quarter cloth over papercovered boards with gilt lettering to the cover and spine. Very good condition; some pages uncut. Measures h-10 1/2 x w-7 1/8 inches. * where I have up for bid additional items* Thank you for viewing this auction, please contact me if you have any questions or would like additional images. I have been in the business of selling rare antiquarian signed and unsigned non-fiction and fiction books and other items for over thirty years. Each item I sell is guaranteed to be authentic. A Letter of Authenticity is available upon request for the high bidder. Each item is wrapped safely and securely for shipment. read more