Picturesque Europe. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent.
de Taylor, Bayard
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New York: Appleton, 1875, 1878, 1879. 3 vols., large thick 4to, 488; 460; 491pp. With 63 full-page steel engravings and hundreds of in-text wood-engravings. Original half dark brown morocco, gilt-lettered backstrip, upper covers titles in gilt. Extremities somewhat worn, internally fine. § First bound edition, from the original parts as issued. A pictorial treat, this is the companion set to the hugely successful "Picturesque America", likewise printed in a large edition but frequently broken up for the superb illustrations. Included are finely detailed views of forest scenery, the southern and Cornish coasts of Great Britain, the Derby Dales, English castles, abbeys, and churches, views of Italian lakes, the Alps, the Rhine, Venice, old German towns, and the Alhambra as well as scenes of Athens and Russia.
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- Picturesque Europe. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent.
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- Taylor, Bayard
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- Usado
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- Appleton
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- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1875
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...