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Select Views of London: With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings de Papworth, J. B - 1816

de Papworth, J. B

Select Views of London: With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings de Papworth, J. B - 1816

Select Views of London: With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings

de Papworth, J. B

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London: R. Ackermann, 1816. 4to, later 19th century full scarlet morocco by Rivière with triple gilt fillet panels, marbled endpapers with inner dentelles gilt, spine with raised bands and gilt-ornamented compartments, all edges gilt. Expert hinge repair with custom-dyed Japanese paper. Mild offsetting of plates onto text. Plates clean and bright. With 76 hand colored aquatint plates including five folding panoramas. Abbey, Scenery 217notes two issues; no priority but copies with Papworth's name on title page (as in this copy) are somewhat scarcer. An illustration can be found on my website by clicking on Cataloge 31 (item 90).. Full Morocco. Fine. 4to.
  • Librería Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Formato/Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Estado del libro Usado - Fine
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  • Editorial R. Ackermann
  • Lugar de publicación London
  • Fecha de publicación 1816
  • Tamaño 4to
  • Palabras clave London, Scenery, Abbey Scenery, Color Plate, Architecture
  • Size 4to
POETICAL SKETCHES OF SCARBOROUGH
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POETICAL SKETCHES OF SCARBOROUGH

de ROWLANDSON, THOMAS, Engraver. J. B. PAPWORTH, FRANCIS WRANGHAM, and WILLIAM COMBE, Contributors

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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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London: R. Ackermann, 1813. Second Edition. 237 x 147 mm. (9 3/8 x 5 3/4"). 4 p.l., xv, 215 pp. Contemporary dark green pebble-grain morocco, covers with intricate gilt dentelle frame, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central quatrefoil design, gilt titling, turn-ins with decorative gilt rules. With 21 hand-colored plates drawn by James Green and etched by Thomas Rowlandson. Tooley 423; Hardie, p. 170. ◆Covers slightly scratched, a touch of wear to joints, very minor offsetting, a bit of spotting throughout (rarely affecting text), a few pages and one plate with minor repairs(not affecting text or image), otherwise a very good copy in a pretty binding with whimsical illustrations. This is an attractively bound example of popular British color-plate books issued at the beginning of the 19th century. Combining light prose and poetry with charming illustrations, this was a specialty of R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts in London. Hiring such talents as Thomas Rowlandson, William… Leer más
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