James Herbert MacNair

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James Herbert MacNair

Book plate, 1903
signed and dated J. HERBERT MACNAIR INV. DEBT, 1903, inscribed E. LIBRIS ALBERTI GRUMBAUM and GRAU. THEURER FREUND.IT ALLE THEORIE, UND GRUN DES LEBENS, GOLDNER BAUM; etching, mounted in board
165 x 112mm.

Provenance

J. Herbert MacNair Esq.

Literature

(6) Burkhauser, p.101, fig.123

Exhibited

Toronto, 1967, no.90; Toronto, 1978, no.100; Glasgow, 1990

Lot Essay

Albert Grunbaum was a colleague and friend of Herbert MacNair at the University of Liverpool, where MacNair taught from 1898 to 1905. MacNair produced similar bookplates and illustrations for academic papers for several of his university colleagues.

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