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Great Britain Illustrated: A Series of Original Views from Drawings
by Thomas Moule
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€167.27€150.54
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About This Item
London: Charles Tilt , 1830. First edition. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 9" . William Westall. The first edition of this illustrated topographical work of Great Britain by Thomas Moule and William Westall. The first edition of this work, described by antiquarian Thomas Moule with illustrations by William Westall. A charming topographical work on the beautiful scenes of Great Britain, depicting some of the most beautiful landscapes, cities, and towns of Britain.Illustrated with a vignette title page, and fifty-nine plates. Each plate consists of two engravings. Collated, complete.Page iv is incorrectly numbered vi, as usual with this edition. No half title. The vignette title page of this copy was hand-coloured. In a half calf binding over marbled boards and endpapers. Externally rather worn with shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and boards, chipping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With some notes inscribed in pen by a previous owner to the rear blank page. Internally, firmly bound. With the odd minor spotting scattered throughout, otherwise the pages are generally bright and clean. Illustrated with a vignette title page, and fifty-nine plates. Each plate consists of two engravings. Collated, complete. Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 798A5
- Title
- Great Britain Illustrated: A Series of Original Views from Drawings
- Author
- Thomas Moule
- Illustrator
- William Westall
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Tilt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Size
- 11.5" by 9"
- Keywords
- britain westall topography illustrated westall
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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