Gods and Mortals in Love (1935)

Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

To the left, we show a rare copy of Hugh Ross Williamson's Gods and Mortals in Love produced by Country Life Limited (London) in 1935.   This example shows the original decoratively woven cloth cover with blue pseudo-archaic Greek-style lettering and decoration.

Williamson's Gods and Mortals in Love includes 11 tales from Greek myths: Aphrodite and Adonis; Selene and Endymion;

Pluto and Persephone; Psyche and Cerberus; Pan and Syrinx; Zeus and Europa; Orpheus and Eurydice; Circe and

Odysseus; Jason and Medea; Herakles and Deianeira; and Perseus and Andromeda.

Dulac provides some thoughtful words through an introduction to Gods and Mortals in Love thus:

The illustrations in this book have already appeared in front pages in the

American Weekly.

 

A book with coloured pictures and an illustrated book are not quite the

same thing. One may say that each has its own function and its own appeal.

 

This is presented as a book with coloured pictures.

Dulac's illustrations for Gods and Mortals in Love are wonderful examples of his later high Art Nouveau style. The

composition of the images are striking and the illustrations have been crafted exquisitely.

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

For connoisseurs of Dulac's work, we have prepared sets of 9 Greeting Cards displaying each of his colour images for Gods and Mortals in Love and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.             Code: ED GML CS(9) Price: US$45.00

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-in plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and and the images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each

card carries information about Edmund Dulac, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have left the interior

of the cards blank so that you may write your own personal message.

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below.

Each of these large format prints is also accompanied by information about Edmund Dulac, this suite and the profiled

illustration.

To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will be taken through to our Shopping Cart

secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any

destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Edmund Dulac.

The colour illustrations

Aphrodite and Adonis	Selene and Endymion	Pluto and Persephone	Psyche and Cerberus
Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 1 (12x18) Price: US$60.00	Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 2 (12x18) Price: US$60.00	Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 3 (12x18) Price: US$60.00	Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 4 (12x18) Price: US$60.00
Pan and Syrinx	Orpheus and Eurydice	Jason and Medea	Herakles and Deianeira
Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 5 (12x18) Price: US$60.00	Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 6 (12x18) Price: US$60.00	Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 7 (12x18) Price: US$60.00	Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 8 (12x18) Price: US$60.00
Perseus and Andromeda
Reproduction on 12x18" sheet Code: ED GML 9 (12x18) Price: US$60.00