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Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Glocestershire to the Nore; with Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art
by Ireland, Samuel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco with single gilt lettering frame with interior dentelles. Near fine in fine black
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: T. and J. Egerton, 1792. First edition. leather_bound. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco with single gilt lettering frame with interior dentelles. Near fine in fine black cloth slipcase. Aeg. 2 vols. 209, 258 pages. 23.5 x 15.6 cm. 52 aquatint plates with half-titles additional aquatint titles, 2 maps and errata at the end of each volume. Russell, Ronald. GUIDE TO BRITISH TOPOGRAPHICAL PRINTS, p.90. "The topographical work in aquatint described so far was all finished by hand-colouring, and was therefore costly." Some plates, text with marginal spotting plus offsetting of plates to text. Very wide text margins. Raised bands spines lettered in gilt, spine in six compartments. ABBEY SCENERY 430.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24060
- Title
- Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Glocestershire to the Nore; with Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art
- Author
- Ireland, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco with single gilt lettering frame with interior dentelles. Near fine in fine black
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- T. and J. Egerton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1792
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art Reference; Travel;
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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