Romantist Illustrations
by Joseph C. Leyendecker
from Egerton R. Williams, Jr.'s 1906 swashbuckler
Ridolfo, The Coming of the Dawn: A Tale of the Renaissance
(If the details are not visible on these densely colored plates,
you may have to increase the lighting on your screen.
Also, if you would care to see the marvelous Leyendecker binding
for this book, visit the book bindings gallery's swashbuckler wing)
Ridolfo & Gismonda
"They gazed at each other--he wondering what golden Madonna had appeared to him, she marvelling at the power & radiance of his presence."
The Rescue of Gismonda
"Her intended destroyer had gone before her to the world unknown."
In the Banquet Hall
"The sunlight caught in its golden shaft the pair of lovers, offsetting her glistening gown against his regal robe."
The Tragedy
"Malatesta lunged suddenly forward & struck the point of his dagger full against his brother's chest."