Aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Gravure en maniere noire de Judith Rothchild.
Verdigris Press. Hugo, Victor.
[Octon France]: Verdigris Press, 2007. One of 4 deluxe copies, each with an original pencil and Chinese ink wash painting, double page spread, which is a preparatory study for the book's mezzotint. from a total edition of 45, all on Rives BFK for the text and Hahnemuhle for the double page fold-out mezzotint, each signed and numbered by the artist, Judith Rothchild. Page size: 7-7/8 x 4-5/8 inches; 14pp. Bound by the printer, Mark Lintott, leporello style with brown marbled paper over boards and black clot showing at spine and edges, title and author in black on spine and front panel, interior guards with tan marbled paper over boards, opening with the French text on the left and the English translation on the right, the double page mezzotint unfolds across the middle, the book and the special portfolio housing the original painting are both in publisher's custom-made black cloth clamshell box with tan and brown marbled papers on spine and front panel with title on front and title, author, artist, and press on spine, This is Victor Hugo's impassioned plea to the American public to rescind the condemnation to death by hanging of John Brown on December 16, 1859. It is addressed to the Editor of the "London News," but is clearly directed to the American people. He refers to the American Republic as the sister of the French Republic and urges her to follow universal moral law and save John Brown. The mezzotint is of a man's feet, obviously from a hanging body, in chains. (Item ID: 10295)
$1,250.00
