A VOYAGE ROUND GREAT BRITAIN, UNDERTAKEN IN THE SUMMER OF THE YEAR 1813, AND COMMENCING FROM THE LAND'S-END, CORNWALL ... WITH A SERIES OF VIEWS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHARACTER AND PROMINENT FEATURES OF THE COAST
by AYTON, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contents with occasional light foxing (primarily to text leaves facing plates but slightly affecting a few plates) and some offs
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Abbey, SCENERY 16; Prideaux page 326: "Such a succession of beautiful plates is scarcely to be found elsewhere and they are unsurpassed both in delicacy of drawing and tinting"; Tooley 177: "FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLOUR PLATE BOOK ON BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019235
- Title
- A VOYAGE ROUND GREAT BRITAIN, UNDERTAKEN IN THE SUMMER OF THE YEAR 1813, AND COMMENCING FROM THE LAND'S-END, CORNWALL ... WITH A SERIES OF VIEWS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CHARACTER AND PROMINENT FEATURES OF THE COAST
- Author
- AYTON, Richard
- Illustrator
- William Daniell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Contents with occasional light foxing (primarily to text leaves facing plates but slightly affecting a few plates) and some offs
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814-1825
- Keywords
- Sets, 19th Century, Fine Bindings, Hand-Colored Plates, Illustrated Books, Travel, England, Great Britain, William Daniell
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; England; Hand-Colored Plates;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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