Dorothy Menpes — Venice
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . First edition. Cloth. A signed, limited edition guide to Venice, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Mortimer Menpes. A signed, edition de luxe first edition, with this being number 466 of 500 copies produced. Signed by the illustrator Mortimer Menpes. Menpes was an Australian-born British painter, author, printmaker and illustrator. With the text provided by the illustrator's daughter, Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated with one hundred colour plates, retaining their original captioned tissue guards. Collated, complete. In the charming decorative cloth binding. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. Front board bright, with back strip age toned and with handling marks to rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Mortimer Menpes. Very Good Indeed .
