Author: ZILCKEN, CHARLES LOUIS PHILIPPE (PHILIP):
Title: Impressions d'Algérie. [Edition with signed water colour etchings]. Paris, H. Flory, Editeur, 1910.
Description: . Large 4to. Pp. xii, 119, (4). Wide margins. Preface by Léonce Bénédite. With thirty (fifteen doublicates) drypoint etchings of which fifteen are watercolours, signed Zilcken. All protected by tissue guards. A few quires starting to loosen. Original printed wrappers housed in a slipcase. From an edition of 120 this is one of only eight copies on Japon with a suite of etchings water coloured by the artist, this is number 3. A few leaves with a tiny marginal stain but overall a lovely and crisp copy of a very attractive work.A wonderful collection of etchings depicting views, landscapes, houses, and people from different parts of Algeria. Zilcken presents an exotic land with appealing and harmoniously colourful images. Philip Zilcken (1857-1930) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and writer. He was taught by Klinkenberg and Anton Mauve at the Drawing Academy in the Hague. As a printmaker, Zilcken achieved considerable fame, particularly through his reproduction of etchings of works by 17th century masters such as Vermeer. He made several journeys to Algeria and Egypt. An interesting introduction by Léonce Bénédite praising the work (¬Il nous dit luimême son enchantement en mettant le pied dans cette "Casbah fantastique").

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