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Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon from Its Source at Naseby to its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury
by Ireland, Samuel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
$775.00$697.50
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About This Item
London: R. Faulder, 1795. First Edition . Orig Calf Rebacked in Sheep. Very Good Plus. 9" x 6.5. [aquatints]. London: R. Faulder, 1795. First Edition. xviii, 284 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece, 29 sepia aquatints, 2 engraved portraits & 1 copper engraved map, plus woodcuts within the text. Quarto, trimmed, 9 x 6.5, ooriginal calf over boards rebacked in sheep, gilt dec., dentelles, morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers. See scans. Abbey, scenery 427 - As with many copies, the added engraved title has a trimmed-away caption. Binding a bit worn, but sturdy and handsome; book shows little foxing. Near Fine internally in a solid very good or better binding; see scans. Also, for the collector of scarce old bookseller's pasted labels, the front pastedown bears the small [.5" x 1"] label of: "Lapworth. Printer, Binder, Performer, Newspaper Agent. Stratford. " Samuel Ireland, an engraver, collector and publisher who worked in London at the close of the eighteenth century and who was unfortunately [and at least initially unwittingly] connected with some rather infamous Shakespeare forgeries, would doubtless prefer to be better remembered - and perhaps should be - for his series of visually evocative geographical offerings, such as this one, than for the scandal. But people will be people. Please see all scans. L53n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000273
- Title
- Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon from Its Source at Naseby to its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury
- Author
- Ireland, Samuel
- Illustrator
- [aquatints]
- Format/Binding
- Orig Calf Rebacked in Sheep
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. Faulder
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1795
- Pages
- 284
- Size
- 9" x 6.5
- Keywords
- Antiquarian, England, History, Warwickshire, Sepia Aquatint, Map, Copper engraving, geography, Illustrations General, General
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- Fine
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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...
- 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...
- Calf
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rebacked
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- First Edition
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