In Bohemia with George Du Maurier.

£770 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

The first of two volumes of memoirs by Moscheles, painter, godson of Mendelssohn, of youthful memories of the time he spent with George du Maurier (who had died in 1896) studying art in Paris, Antwerp, Brussels and Malines (now usually known as Mechlen). Extra illustrated with seven original drawings by du Maurier, now guarded on stubs, facing the printed illustrations. All of the drawings feature Moscheles and du Maurier together, and only some were used in the book: the ones that were not used may have been rejected as too personal. Most of the drawings were originally sent as part of their lively correspondence, and one still has a letter on its verso of one of the drawings reads in part “Keep all the sketches I send you, as they will some day, when you have a regular collection thereof, characterize … Bobtail yours truly Rag.” As Moscheles explains in the book, his nickname was “Bobtail,” and Du Maurier’s was “Rag.” Binding in excellent collection; drawings somewhat soiled.

• Year: 1897

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