Descriptive Excursions Through South Wales and Monmouthshire in the Year 1804, and the Four Preceding Summers. Embellished with Thirty-one Plates of the Views, Antiquities, &c. In Two Volumes. Scarce Coloured Copy. by Donovan. E - 1805

London:: E Donovan, 1805. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG, 1st ed, 1805, 2 vols, 31 aquatint pls, complete.. In modern brown paper over the original boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. Both re-spined, ink printed titles to paper labels. Internally, Vol 1, 1805, [4] adverts, [2], frontis, [3], [iv-xxvii), [1], [1], 2-404 pp, 19 pls. Vol 2, 1805, frontis, [3], (iv-ix), [1], [1], 2-396 pp, 12 pls. Evidence of bookplates removed, top edges cut, remainder not, occasional light spotting & edge browning. But a very good set. (Folio, 139*220 & 138*222 mm). (Abbey 518. Graesse 426. Brunet 816. Allibone 513). Donovan, natural historian and artist, whose interest in natural history started with the collecting of shells and preservation of insects, probably before 1788. He was a prolific author and skilled artist who etched and engraved the plates for all his works. He became a fellow of the Linnean Society. See ODNB.

, 396 pages, has all 12 colour plates

Published for the Author. Very Good. 1805. Hardcover. 1805, Volume 1 xxvii + 404pp, 19 aquatint plates, deckled edged pages, minor odd spotting, notes in margin 1 page, smartly bound in dark brown and cream cloth, new endpapers,; Octavo .

London: Published for the Author (E. Donovan), 1805. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An illustrated work on local South Wales topography, written by Edward Donovan, an Anglo-Irish naturalist and amateur zoologist. Complete in two volumes. A fascinating topographical work on areas of local interest in South Wales and southwest England, including Bristol, Caerleon, Newport, Cowbridge, Swansea, Pembroke, and more. Written by Edward Donovan, an Anglo-Irish naturalist and amateur zoologist.Containing thirty-one illustrated plates, collated and complete. Containing the bookplate of Leonard Harrison Matthews to the front pastedown of each volume. Also containing an advert for the work adhered to the front pastedown of Volume I.This copy came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. Uniformly bound in half calf binding… Read More

Published for the Author. Very Good. 1805. Hardcover. 1805, in 2 volumes, Volume 1 xxvii + 404pp, Vol 2 lx + 396pp, 29 hand coloured aquatint plates but lacking plates 25 and 27, deckled edged pages, minor odd spotting, smartly bound in recent dark green cloth, new endpapers,; Octavo .

London:: Printed for the Author, 1805. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete with 31 coloured plates, 1st editions, VG+ 1805 2 volumes in contemporary full calf, decorative gilt edge tooling, edges rubbed. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Board edges & turn-ins with decorative gilt tooling. Internally; Vol 1, frontis, [3], (iv-xxviii), [1], [1], 2-404 pp, 19 pls. Vol 2, frontis, [3], (iv-xxviii), [1], [1], 2-404 pp, 12 pls. Text block edges marbled blue, plates watermarked J Whatman 1804, armorial bookplate to fpds (Edward Knox), ink dedication to both volumes at ffep (Robert Harvey from Mrs Crawshay Oaklands Park) An very nice example, with very fine colouring. (210*123 mm). (Abbey 518. Graesse 426. Brunet 816. Allibone 513). Donovan, natural historian and artist, whose interest in natural history started with the collecting of shells and preservation of insects, probably before 1788. He was a… Read More