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Thank you for spending some moments of your time to consider our offerings - we expect that, like us, you will

be captivated by the beauty, power and symbolism of these objects.

Monthly Highlight

We have recently been able to add a gorgeous copy of Grimm's Marchen (Tales from the Brothers Grimm) to the

Collection. Grimm's Marchen is illustrated in wonderful style by the famous German artistic collaborators, Heinrich

Lefler and Joseph Urban. That 1st Edition was published sometime in, or about, 1905.

These illustrations can be reproduced in a variety of sizes, depending on individual requirements.

To profile those illustrations as our Monthly Highlight, we have shown them in the format presented on our

Greeting Card page.

Grimm's Marchen

(1905)

This set of 12 cards shows each of the major

colour illustrations appearing in the 1st Edition

of the Lefler and Urban illustrative interpretation

of Grimm's Marchen.

Grimm's Marchen contains wonderful examples of Jugendstil (the German Art Nouveau movement) illustrations from Lefler and Urban. The pair's masterful interpretation of tales from the Brothers Grimm is an absolute joy to behold and, as may be expected from Lefler and Urban, the illustrations are sumptuously decorated with applied gold and silver. It believed that the illustrations for Grimm's Marchen later formed the basis of another Lefler and Urban rarity, Marchen Kalender 1905.

1st Edition copies of Grimm's Marchen - are delicate and rare. They are highly regarded by collectors and enthusiasts alike.

Code: LU GM CS(12)
Price: US$60.00

These wonderful images are presented on the Greeting Cards as tipped-in plates - in homage to the wonderfully hand-crafted approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century.

Using pristine 1st Edition plates held in the Collection as a reference, the images are captured and reproduced through a technique that ensures the colour, line and form of the illustrations originally prepared by Dulac are shown to dazzling effect (it is the same technique utilised for the larger reproduction prints we offer).

Hand-finishing is used to replicate the visual appearance of a tipped-in plate and the images are presented on Ivory card stock with an accompanying envelope.

On the right, we show an example of how these

Greeting Cards are presented - using one of the images

from Lefler and Urban's contributions to Grimms' Marchen.

Spirit of the Ages Range

Our range of Giftware is based on a unique private collection that includes objects d'art from the Medieval and

Renaissance periods, the Russian Orthodox tradition and the Gothic Revival and Art Nouveau movements. Whether

the images originate from the hand of an Old Master, the fin de siecle aesthete typified in Europe from the

mid-19th Century, the Pre-Raphælite movement from late-Victorian England or from what is known as the Golden

Age of Fantasy Illustration, the work has a supremely timeless quality.

The range includes unframed and framed reproduction prints, wall murals, T-shirts, babies' clothing and gift cards.

In all cases, the original images have been captured and reproduced with high definition digital techniques we have

developed - using 1st Edition plates and antique artwork from our unique Collection as the source. Depending on

your needs, most coloured images can be reproduced in a range of sizes from under 6 x 4" to 30 x 20" and in the

case of images in our range of wall murals, the sizing can extend beyond 108 x 108". Whether intended as a gift for

a young child or an awe-inspiring home decorator feature - or anything in-between - the images will be a source

of pleasure for many years.

What follows is a small sample of the wonderful images you could bring into your life and home by selecting from

our Giftware range.

Fairies

An image from Woodroffe's contribution to

The Tempest

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Rackham's contribution to

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

In Powder and Crinoline

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Outhwaite's contribution to

The Enchanted Forest

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Shepperson's illustration to accompany

A Spell for a Fairy

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 15 x 10"

An image from Dulac's contribution to

The Tempest

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Angels

An image from Paul's contribution to

La Vita Nuova

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 12 x 10"

An image from Doré's contribution to

Milton's Paradise Lost

This image is available in a range of sizes

including Wall Mural

An image from Dulac's contribution to

The Bells and Other Poems

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Edward Burne-Jones'

Vision of the Holy Grail

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Meteyard's contribution to

Longfellow's The Golden Legend

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Childhood Tales

An image from Rackham's contribution to

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Rackham's contribution to

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 15 x 10"

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

Hansel and Gretel: And Other Stories

by the Brothers Grimm

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Clarke's contribution to

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 15x 10"

An image from Ségur's contribution to

Alice au pays des merveilles

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Heroes

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

Red Magic

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Mackenzie's contribution to

Arthur and His Knights

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 15x 10"

An image from Mackenzie's contribution to

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image of Brünnhilde from Rackham's

contribution to The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Paul's contribution to

The Romance of Tristram and La beale Isoude

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Pogány's contribution to

Tannhäuser

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to Wall Mural

Mythical Creatures

An image from Parrish's contribution to

A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Rackham's contribution to

The Romance of King Arthur and

His Knights of the Round Table

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Dulac's contribution to

Tanglewood Tales

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

Hansel and Gretel: And Other Stories

by the Brothers Grimm

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Dulac's contribution to the tale

Cerberus, the Black Dog of Hades

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Rackham's contribution to

Hawthorne's Wonder Book

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Romance

An image from Paul's contribution to

Clair de Lune

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 12 x 10"

An image from Clarke's contribution to

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to Wall Mural

An image from Dulac's contribution to

Gods and Mortals in Love

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Rackham's contribution to

Undine

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Paul's contribution to

The Romance of Tristram and La beale Isoude

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 12 x 10"

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Animals

An image from Dulac's contribution to

The Dreamer of Dreams

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Rackham's contribution to

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Ségur's contribution to

Alice au pays des merveilles

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Clarke's contribution to

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 15 x 10"

An image from Mackenzie's contribution to

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Woodroffe's contribution to

The Tempest

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Erotic

An image from Rackham's contribution to

The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

Dulac's contribution to

King Albert's Book

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Clarke's contribution to

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Pogány's contribution to

Tannhäuser

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Mackenzie's contribution to

Hassan

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Dulac's contribution to

The Bells and Other Poems

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

The Macabre

An image from Nielsen's contribution to

Red Magic

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to Wall Mural

An image from Papé's contribution to

The Diamond Fairy Book

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Dulac's contribution to

The Bells and Other Poems

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Clarke's contribution to

Faust

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

An image from Clarke's contribution to

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to Wall Mural

An image from Woodroffe's contribution to

The Tempest

This image is available in a range of sizes

up to 30 x 20"

The Collection: Art and Artifacts from the Ages

Here you will find a wonderful collection of beautiful objects and images brought together from around the World

and through the Ages.

The Collection abounds with genuine antiques from the Medieval, Renaissance, Art Nouveau and Gothic Revival

periods. Throughout the Collection, you will find treasures as diverse as:

our Medieval and Renaissance Collection that includes pages from Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, pages from Schedel's *Nuremberg Chronicle* and Münster's *Cosmographia, early Renaissance maps produced in Ruscelli's Geographia, pages from Der Weiss Kunig* (including a complete set of images from the rare 1775 edition), 16th and 17th Century prints prepared by Hans Burgkmair, Leonard Beck, Hogenberg and their contemporaries, woodcuts, etchings and engravings by Albrecht Dürer and arms and armour from the 12th to 16th Centuries; Antique Russian Icons; Gothic Revival furniture, lighting and ecclesiastical items; Vintage paintings and lighting; a stunning collection of fin de siecle, Pre-Raphaelite, Art Nouveau and Art Deco images from artists including Gustave Doré, Erté, Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Willy Pogány, Maxfield Parrish, Sulamith Wülfing, Harry Clarke, Virginia Sterrett, Jessie M King, Thomas Mackenzie, Warwick Goble, Dugald Walker, Violet Brunton, Reginald Knowles, Frank C Papé, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Paul Woodroffe, Adrienne Ségur, Evelyn Paul, Edward Burne-Jones, William Russell Flint, Lefler and Urban, Sidney Meteyard, Léon Bakst and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale; the Petit Collection; and the Vintage Advertising Collection.
	God disposes of the Antichrist from The Nuremberg Chronicle	Detail of an image from a Beck contribution to Der Weiss Kunig

	Ptolemæi Typus (1562) Giralamo Ruscelli

Great Triumphal Chariot (pre-1550)

Albrecht Dürer

The Medieval and Renaissance Collection

A visually and historically significant collection of genuine Medieval and Renaissance objects d'art is waiting for you.

Consider medieval swords, daggers, pages from illuminated manuscripts or a carved stone column capital. Renaissance

art is also waiting, including a monumental depiction of the Emperor Maximillian in Triumph surrounded by the Fates

(Dürer's Great Triumphal Chariot), pages from The Nuremberg Chronicle showing the creation of the World and

historically significant cartographic work by Ruscelli.

We are also pleased to be able to show a complete set of the illustrations from the famous 1775 Kurzböck printing of

Der Weiss Kunig. Images are also shown from works commissioned by Emperor Maximilian, including Theuerdank and

Seel unnd heiligen Buch Kaiser Maximilians Altfordern.

A detail from Ptolemeische General Tafel, a World

map from Cosmographia based on the

work of Ptolomei

A detail from an illustration depicting

the tale of The Golden Calf from

The Nuremberg Chronicle

An illustration from a 16th Century Bible

The Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau Collection

Magnificent examples of artwork arising from the Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau traditions are shown here. In

particular, we hold an extensive range of antique and vintage illustrations from artists including:

- Gustave Doré;

- Erté;

- Arthur Rackham;

- Kay Nielsen;

- Edmund Dulac;

- Willy Pogány;

- Maxfield Parrish;

- Sulamith Wülfing;

- Harry Clarke;

- Virginia Sterrett;

- Jessie M King;

- Thomas Mackenzie;

- Warwick Goble;

- Dugald Walker;

- Violet Brunton;

- Reginald Knowles;

- Frank C Papé;

- Ida Rentoul Outhwaite;

- Paul Woodroffe;

- Adrienne Ségur;

- Evelyn Paul;

- Edward Burne-Jones;

- William Russell Flint;

- Lefler and Urban;

- Sidney Meteyard;

- Léon Bakst;

- Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale;

- the Petit Collection; and

- the Vintage Advertising Collection.

The Heart of the Lotus

Edward Burne-Jones

The Annunciation

Erté

"Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:

Hark! now I hear them, - ding-dong, bell."

Warwick Goble

Spring

Maxfield Parrish

Wonderful images will greet you from tales like Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, A Midsummer-Night's Dream,

The Tempest, The Arabian Nights, Arthur and His Knights, Tales from Hans Anderson, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám,

The Dreamer of Dreams, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Alice in Wonderland, Dante's La Vita Nuova, Wagner's

The Ring of Niblung, Poe's The Bells and Other Poems and Goethe's Faust. This list goes on, of course - and you will

enjoy every moment of considering the prints on offer.

It contains more than 1000 genuine antique and vintage illustrations from some of the greatest Golden Age artists.

English, French, German, Australian, Danish and American artists are represented, including Gustave Doré, Erté, Arthur

Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Willy Pogány, Maxfield Parrish, Sulamith Wülfing, Harry Clarke, Virginia

Sterrett, Jessie M King, Thomas Mackenzie, Warwick Goble, Dugald Walker, Violet Brunton, Reginald Knowles,

Frank C Papé, Ida Rentoul Outwaite, Paul Woodroffe, Adrienne Ségur, Evelyn Paul, Edward Burne-Jones, William

Russell Flint, Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban, Sidney Meteyard, Claude Shepperson, François Louis Schmied,

Léon Bakst, Felix de Gray, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale and Gaston Priou.

We have developed a range of Giftware that includes images reproduced from many of the 1st Edition plates in our

collection to ensure the most accurate form, line and colour possible. We have utilised a high definition capture and

reproduction technique for the images - in contrast to the low definition representation necessary for this website. The

illustrations are available as cards, infants' clothing, T-shirts and unmatted, matted or framed prints (8x6", 10x8", 12x10",

15x10" and 30 x 20" images sizes). Pricing starts at US$4 for single Gift Cards (US$18 for select packs of 6) and 10 x 8"

prints (double-matted and framed) begin at US$60. Further details on those reproduction images are available at

the Giftware section of this site.

Gustave Doré

One of 100 images

Doré's contribution to

Michaud's History of the Crusades

One of 76 images

Doré's contribution to

Dante's Inferno

One of 50 images

Doré's contributions to

Milton's Paradise Lost

One of 60 images

Doré's contributions to

Dante's Purgatory and Paradise

In this portion of the Collection, we are able to show some work from the genius of Gustave Doré - one of the

marvels of 19th Century art.

The range of Pagan and Christian imagery exhibited through his work belies a colossal imagination and a magnificent

apprehension of all possible conditions of human experience. His lofty insight into the mysteries of Spiritual existence

as reflected from Earthly actualities entitle him to be classed among the great creative geniuses of all time.

Images are shown from his contributions to Michaud's History of the Crusades, Dante's Inferno and Purgatory and

Paradise and Milton's Paradise Lost.

Erté

One of 15 colour images

Erté's work during the period 1916-1926

One of 12 colour images

Erté's contributions to

Le Mystere Des Pierreries (1926)

One of 27 colour images

Erté's work during the period 1927-1938

One of 26 colour images

Erté's Alphabet (1927-1967)

One of 10 colour images

Erté's Numbers (1968)

One of 7 colour images

Erté's "Seven Deadly Sins"

One of 12 colour images

Erté's "Zodiac"

Our selections from Erté are drawn from a variety of high Art Nouveau images including a selection of his work

produced between 1916-1926, his contributions to Le Mystere Des Pierreries (1926), a selection of his work produced

between 1927-1938, various suites, including his "Alphabet", "Numbers", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Zodiac" suites and

examples of his later work.

Arthur Rackham


One of 50 colour images	One of a number of monotone images	One of 13 colour images	One of a number of monotone images
Rackham's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens		Rackham's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


One of 40 colour images	One of a number of monotone images	One of 15 colour images	One of a number of monotone images
Rackham's A Midsummer-Night's Dream		Rackham's Undine


One of 34 colour images	One of a number of monotone images	One of 30 colour images	One of a number of monotone images
Rackham's The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie		Rackham's Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods


Rackham's colour contribution	One of a number of monotone images	One of 16 colour images	One of a number of monotone images
Princess Mary's Gift Book		Rackham's The Romance of King Arthur and His Knight of the Round Table


One of 8 colour images	One of a number of monotone images	One of many colour images	One of a number of monotone images
Rackham's The Springtide of Life		Rackham's Comus

One of 16 colour images

One of a number of monotone images

One of a number of multitone images

Rackham's The Springtide of Life


One of 20 colour images	One of a number of monotone images
Rackham's The Tempest

Select from exquisite images created by Arthur Rackham.

Fairies, Gods, Godesses, mythical water maidens, Angels and babies are all about.

Illustrations are available from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, A Midummer-Night's

Dream, Undine, The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie, Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods, Undine, The Romance of

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, The Springtide of Life, Comus, Hawthorne's Wonder Book and The Tempest.

Kay Nielsen


One of 24 colour images	One of 15 monotone images	One of 24 colour images	One of 22 monotone images
Nielsen's In Powder and Crinoline		Nielsen's East of the Sun and West of the Moon


One of 22 colour images	One of 5 monotone images	One of 21 mixed monotone and colour images
Nielsen's suite of images for One Thousand and One Nights


One of 12 colour images	One of 22 monotone images	One of 12 colour images	One of many monotone images
Nielsen's Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen		Nielsen's Hansel and Gretel: And Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm


One of 12 colour images	One of many monotone images	One of 8 colour images	One of 50 monotone images
The superb French-language version of Nielsen's Hansel and Gretel: And Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm - Fleur-de-Neige et d'Autres Contes de Grimm - with additional monotone illustrations contributed by Pierre Courtois		Nielsen's Red Magic

The images within the Kay Nielsen Collection illustrate traditional fairy tales, Norse myths and legend from a variety

of cultures. You will find treasures as diverse as armoured Vikings on horseback in battle, Norse maidens riding polar