Larry Freeman
Louis Prang: Color Lithograher - Giant of a Man.
Watkins Glen, New York: Century House, 1971. The Library of
Victorian Culture. Author-Signed deluxe limited edition (copy
#93). 190 pages.
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9" x 11.5", is
bound in mottled purple leatherette, with red lettering to
spine. Book is in fine condition, with firm binding, clean
and bright interior. This work contains b&w and color
illustrations. Dust jacket, preserved in mylar cover,
displays light shelfwear.
Author's signature appears on page 9, which bears the
limitation statement.
"Louis Prang (1824 - 1909) was a Victorian Color
Lithographer, Artist, and Art Educator. He brought artistic
sensitivity to the masses. He produced expensive museum-level
chromo-art copies for the home, he introduced Art Education
into the American Public Schools and he developed needed
instruction books and supplies. Included in this book is
Checklist of Prang's Chromos (in Boston Public Library and
two other collections)."