(VICTORIANA) The Winds

Sale 1948 - Lot 544

Price Realized: $ 172

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300

EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S WINDY (VICTORIANA.) The Winds. 72 black-and-white lithographed plates by various hands. Large 4to, later ¼ green morocco over cloth boards with black title label on front cover, rubbed and unevenly faded; scattered light foxing throughout. Np, nd (circa 1850)

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Charming and curious work comprising the plates and a title-page featuring a weathervane with four "winged winds" exerting their forces, with an epigram by Milton beneath. The lithographs, by various hands identified by initials only, feature images of particular aspects of wind, often in the form of a pun. The plates were executed by someone with the intials of C.A.S. and are printed within rectangular borders of 4¾x3¾ or smaller.<