[Rarebooks] fs: Rembrandt Peale -Portfolio of an Artist (1839)

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"PORTFOLIO OF AN ARTIST"

by Rembrandt Peale.
Philadelphia; Henry Perkins: 1839.

A fascinating book- American artist Rembrandt Peale collected
poems and quotes that had inspired him and published them
in this book.

      "(These) are some of the fruits and flowers
       gathered in my varied wanderings. They are
       but fragments, with little or no arrangement,
       which may be taken up or passed by, as
       specimens in a Cabinet of Natural History...
       I have brought together passages, which,
       at the moment of reading them, accorded with
       my taste, chiefly as a painter".

There are, interestingly, some original passages also-

      "Several original pieces have, with some
       hesitation, been thrown into this collection.
       If these are not found, as literary compositions,
       worthy the distinguished names among which
       they are placed, I trust the feelings they betray
       will be acknowledged as in unison with the
       prevailing theme. They will serve, at least, to
       increase the variety; and have a claim upon the
       reader's polite indulgence as humble strangers
       introduced to his hospitality".

A glimpse into what inspired this noted American artist.

Hardcover. 5"x8", 263 pages; original embossed-cloth covers;
covers are rough with the top of the spine gone, the rear cover
detached, the front cover almost detached, and stains to the
rear cover. Contents with moderate foxing. Mid-19th century
bookplate for "S.C. Hill's Circulating Library". [02912] $300.00

The covers -> <http://www.joslinhall.com/th-02912.jpg>

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