BULL, René | Mérimée, Prosper | Johnson, A.E. | Carmen One of 100 Copies Signed by René Bull[BULL, René, illustrator]. M…RIM…E, Prosper. Carmen. Translated by A.E. Johnson. With Pictures by René Bull. London: Hutchinson & Co., [n.d, 1916]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 100 numbered copies (this copy being No. 55), signed by the artist. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 7/16 inches; 273 x 214 mm.). [2, blank], x, 204 pp. Color frontispiece and fifteen color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. Seventy-four black and white illustrations in the text.Original vellum over boards pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Gray and white pictorial endpapers. All edges gilt. Spine a little darkened. Otherwise an excellent copy of this very scarce signed limited edition.René Bull (d. 1942) ìwas born in Ireland and went to Paris to study engineering, but left this for art work in London, 1892. After working for various magazines, he was appointed ëspecialí for Black and White, 1896, attending the Armenian massacres and the Graeco-Turkish War as artistÖHe served in the First World War in RNVR, 1916, and RAF, 1917. Bull was one of the most versatile specials because his stature as an artist was above average. Not only an accurate reporter, he was a talented comic draughtsman and a brilliant illustrator of fairy storiesî (Houfe, The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators, p. 81). Works illustrated by Bull include: La Fontaineís Fables (1905), Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris (1906), The Arabian Nights (1912), The Russian Ballet by A.E. Johnson (1913), Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (1913), Carmen, by Prosper Mérimée (1916), and Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, by Jonathan Swift (1928). 1916 first edition signed Price: USD 1,750.00 other currencies   order no. 00095    inquire

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