Lot 112
in 11th July 2025
Guide price: £75-110
A MIDSUMMERS NIGHT DREAM - Ernest Nister London, printed in Nuremberg. Folio. 38cm x 30cm. Complete with six stunning full colour chromolithographic plates. The artist is Julius Hoppner, a master of fairy and fantasy illustration, the illustrations are truly exceptional. Original white boards with elaborate full gilt decoration to spine and front board, which also has an illustrated panel, with a bevelled gilt tooled edge. Silk patterned paper endpapers. All edges gilt. There is some separation noted with one loose illustration. Some foxing also noted however the illustrations are good and the volume is a desirable piece.