Britain Portrayed: A Regency Album, 1780-1830
by Barr, John
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0712301747
- ISBN 13
- 9780712301749
- Seller
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STREETSVILLE, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: The British Library, 1989 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed. Around the turn of the 19th century the towns, villages and countryside of Britain attained a level of picturesque beauty and charm that has been unsurpassed since. In watercolour drawing artists caught the changing light and weather to perfection, and in aquatint engravings their subtle tones could be reproduced in prints virtually indistinguishable from the originals. Here nearly 50 of the finest views and scenes in prints of the period are reproduced, their colours still as fresh and vivid today as when they were first published. Drawing upon contemporary accounts, John Barr provides a commentary of the artists, engravers and prints in this album which portrays the elegance and robust variety of Regency Britain for today's armchair tourist.A selection 50 illustrations reproduced from Topographical and Colour Plate Books of the Regency period [1790-1840] "providing today's armchair tourist with an album that faithfully portrays the elegance and robust variety of Regency Britain." 127p.illus. Illustrated endpapers .
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038571
- Title
- Britain Portrayed: A Regency Album, 1780-1830
- Author
- Barr, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st UK Ed
- ISBN 10
- 0712301747
- ISBN 13
- 9780712301749
- Publisher
- The British Library
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- REGENCY PERIOD LITHOGRAPH ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTS ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- England; Regency Period;
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