Folio book
Category
Books
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, ink and glue
Measurements
427 x 290 x 9 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730471
Summary
A green leather bound folio with gold lettering on front cover STEINLEN. / DESSINS "GIL BLAS." . On the inside front cover is a bespoke printed illustrated bookplate .ALDA.HOARE.HER.BOOK. On the fly leaf in Alda Weston, Lady Hoare's handwriting Stourhead / June 30th, 1909 and affixed with glue is a catalogue THE LEICESTER GALLERIES/LEICESTER SQUARE, LONDON/MAY-JUNE, 1914/EXHIBITION No. 200, with a handwritten annotation from Alda Weston, Lady Hoare and inside there are annotations against the Steinlen prints bought at the exhibition by Lady Hoare. The bound folio contains printed pages from different editions of Le Gil Blas featuring illustrations of Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (10 November 1859 - 13 December 1923) and newspaper cuttings referencing Steinlen's death and annotated by Alda Weston, Lady Hoare. A letter and envelope from Steinlen are also affixed.