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Adina Sommer`s Rare Antique Maps and Contemporary Art
Sidon, from the North.
Original:
110.00 €
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| Article ID | ASP1244 |
| Artist | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. (1817-1865) |
| Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company.John Cassell was an English publisher, printer, writer and editor, who founded the firm Cassell & Co, famous for its educational books and periodicals, and which pioneered the serial publication of novels. He was also a well-known tea and coffee merchant and a general business entrepreneur. A fervent Christian, he campaigned throughout his life for the temperance movement in Britain, for the reduction of taxes on publishing, and was a social reformer who recognised the importance of education in improving the life of the working class, and whose many publications, both magazines and books, brought learning and culture to the masses. John Cassell was relegated to being a junior partner after becoming insolvent in 1858, the firm being known as Cassell, Petter & Galpin. With the arrival of a new partner, Robert Turner, in 1878, it became Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company. Galpin was the astute business manager. Cassell visited America in 1853 to attend the "World Temperance Convention" in New York, and again in 1854 and 1859 on publishing business. He met the author Harriet Beecher Stowe and arranged for the publication of an illustrated edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Britain - to great success. Cassell strongly supported the cause of the slavery abolitionists. In 1859, on his return from America, he went into full partnership with Petter & Galpin, the company becoming "Cassell, Petter & Galpin". The company was particularly successful in its production of illustrated editions of classic literature such as Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's travels, The Vicar of Wakefield and others. | |
| Title | Sidon, from the North. |
| Year | ca. 1880 |
| Description | Decorative view of the city Sodon in Lebanon in the 1840ths. After the Scottish painter David Roberts, RA (* 1796 Stockbridge, + 1864 London). |
| Place of Publication | London / New York / Paris |
| Dimensions (cm) | 17 x 23 cm |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | original colored |
| Technique | Lithography |
Reproduction:
16.50 €
( A reproduction can be ordered individually on request. )