SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
João carlos: um artista do livro.
Lisboa.
Edições Gleba, 1944.
Limited edition.
4vo.
28pp. Original publisher's card wraps printed in black and tan. Top edge untrimmed, 16 full page woodcuts, bright and clean throughout. With the artist's presentation inscription 'To Cyril Kenney, friendly and sincerely, João Carlos, Lisboa 1957' to half-title. One of two hundred and fifty-three copies, this numbered 211.
Artur Augusto da Silva (1912-1983) was a Cape Verdean writer, journalist, activist, and lawyer. He wrote poetry, novels and non-fiction, including this study of book artist João Carlos.
João Carlos Celestino Gomes (1899-1960) was a Portuguese doctor, teacher, painter, and writer, who belonged to the second generation Portuguese Modernist movement. While his art was presented under the name João Carlos, he wrote widely on subjects from art history of contemporary fiction, under the name Celestino Gomes.
The recipient of this copy was Cyril Ernst Kenney (1898-1973), bibliophile, chartered surveyor and author of The Quadrant and the Quill; A book written in honour of Captain Samuel Sturmy, "a tryed and trusty Sea-man," and author of The Mariner's Magazine, 1669.
£ 175.00
Antiquates Ref: 30075
João Carlos Celestino Gomes (1899-1960) was a Portuguese doctor, teacher, painter, and writer, who belonged to the second generation Portuguese Modernist movement. While his art was presented under the name João Carlos, he wrote widely on subjects from art history of contemporary fiction, under the name Celestino Gomes.
The recipient of this copy was Cyril Ernst Kenney (1898-1973), bibliophile, chartered surveyor and author of The Quadrant and the Quill; A book written in honour of Captain Samuel Sturmy, "a tryed and trusty Sea-man," and author of The Mariner's Magazine, 1669.
