John Flaxman / Feillet et Laqueson - [130 gravures au trait : Odyssée, Iliade, Eschille, Hesiode] -

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"This beautiful work consists of four deliveries and each delivery of thirty to forty plates. These plates lithographed by Messrs. Feillet and Laqueson represent in simple lines the drawings that the famous Flaxman composed on four major subjects of Greek antiquity: the 'Iliad, the Odyssey, the Theogony of Hesiod and the tragedies of Aeschylus.' (The Mirror of shows, letters, manners and the arts)

Our copy is divided as follows: the first delivery (the Odyssey) comprises 28 plates, the second (the Iliad) 34 plates, the tragedies of Aeschile 31 plates (two plates are numbered 15), and the Theogony of 'Hesiod 37 plates.

Contemporary binding, brown half-leather with band closing with two laces. Mute back. - Rubbing from use on caps, jaws and flat edges. Solid volume. Variable foxing depending on the board, generally scattered, more frequent on some boards (see photos).

"Flaxman's linear drawings are undoubtedly the part of his work which aroused the most interest and admiration. He illustrated the Songs of Homer in 1793, at the same time as he modeled medallions and subjects for vases which he modeled for the Wedgwood manufactory. In his illustrations of the Iliad and the Odyssey he eliminated the changing shades, the lights, retaining only the simple line outline on plain paper. He obtained from this commissioned Dante's Divine Comedy. His style is therefore close to Italian primitives like Cimabue."

John Flaxman / Feillet and Laqueson
[130 line engravings: Odyssey, Iliad, Aeschille, Hesiod]
1823
Italian-style folio (28 x 40 cm); 130 engravings

Subject: 130 Line engravings John Flaxman Feillet Laqueson 1823 Odyssey Iliad Aeschille Hesiode Infolio 67537003 Read more