The Isle of Wight Illustrated in a Series of Coloured Views. engraved in Aqua-tint by Mr. Percy Roberts from the original Drawings of the late Mr. F. Calvert, accompanied by a succinct historical, geographical and topographical Description of the Island. CRISP, CLEAN COPYOF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH AQUATINTS COLOURED BY HAND
Libri antichi e moderni
Calvert Frederick
G H Davidson,
1846
The Isle of Wight Illustrated in a Series of Coloured Views. engraved in Aqua-tint by Mr. Percy Roberts from the original Drawings of the late Mr. F. Calvert, accompanied by a succinct historical, geographical and topographical Description of the Island. CRISP, CLEAN COPYOF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH AQUATINTS COLOURED BY HAND
Libri antichi e moderni
Calvert Frederick
G H Davidson,
1846
1782,50 €
(Devon,
Regno Unito)
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Dettagli
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1846
- Autore
- Calvert Frederick
- Editori
- G H Davidson
- Soggetto
- topography, hampshire, hants, isle of wight, iow, calvert, frederick calvert, percy roberts, aquatint, abbey scenery, coloured plate books
- Lingue
- Inglese
Descrizione
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with lithographed frontispiece (uncoloured as usual), engraved map and 19 splendid aquatint plates ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; attractively bound in twentieth-century green straight-grain half morocco, green cloth sides, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy with virtually no trace of the usual offsetting. A crisp, clean copy of the First Issue, with plate 12 reading 'Bunbridge' [for 'Bembridge'] and plate 3 reading 'Ryde' [for 'Ryde Plate 1']. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Abbey, Scenery, 351; Bobins II, 628.
