The Symbolists

by Michael Francis Gibson

First revised edition bound in orange blind stamped cloth with gold lettering. 319 illustrations including 56 tipped-in color plates. 4to size, 199 pages. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has wrinkling to its edges. Includes Gustav Klimt, Aubrey Beardsley, Edvard Munch and others.

Hardcover

First published May 25, 1984

Reviews

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This encyclopedia of Symbolist painters and illustrators was subsequently reprinted in English, but the fantastic thing about this edition is the tipped in color plates and the lack of binding. The "signatures" are actually single folded sheets of heavy stock contained in a hardcover folio and slipcase. This allows the reader to remove any page and contemplate the plates in isolation, with no distortion from a bound edge. The color is excellent and there are some unusual choices for full page reproductions. Still glad I lugged this home from Paris ages ago.