the pied piper of hamelin illustrated by kate greenaway

A partire dal 1877 fino al 1895 realizza una serie di illustrazioni a colori incise da Evans per le edizioni Routledge. Frequenta la Heatherley s School of Art e la Slade School of Fine Art. Greenaway), cresciuta in un ambiente sereno ha precocemente fatto notare il suo talento e già all età di 17 anni riceve i primi riconoscimenti. Figlia d arte (suo padre era il noto incisore J. Kate Greenaway (London, 1846- Hampstead, 1901).

(4), 5 -64, numerose illustrazioni in xilografia a colori disegnate da Kate Greenaway e stampate da Edmund Evans, legatura editoriale figurata a colori. The clipped (still showing a price of 15/-) dust jacket, now in Mylar, is torn, with significant loss.

All text and illustrations bright and clean. The volume is in excellent condition, with only minor wear at head and heel of spine and along edges else as new unmarked, tight, square, and clean. He was the preeminent wood engraver and colour printer in Britain during the second half of the 19th century. Evans possessed a meticulous eye for detail and used a hand-press and as many as a dozen colour blocks for a single image. The process was complicated and required intricate engraving to achieve the best results. Evans used a woodblock printing technique known as chromoxylography which allowed a variety of hues and tones to be produced by mixing colours. These illustrations were first prepared by Greenaway for a Routledge edition in 1888, and the rights were then granted to Warne around 1903, after which Warne produced several editions.

Browning's retelling in verse is notable for its humour, wordplay, and jingling rhymes. Robert Bowning, using the 'Verstegan' version of the Pied Piper tale (1605, the earliest account in English) and adopting a 1376 date for the actual event, wrote this poem, which was first published in his 'Dramatic Lyrics' (1842). Profusely illustrated in color by Kate Greenaway, and engraved and printed at 154 Clerkenwell Road in London by Edmund Evans. Quarter bound in publisher's peach cloth over paper-covered illustrated boards, green lettering on spine, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway (illustrator).

The pied piper of hamelin illustrated by kate greenaway