Microcosm: Or a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures Etc. Of Great Britain Volume One
by Pyne, W H; Gray, C
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Miller, 1808. SPECIAL PRICE REDUCTION. WAS £400. Volume One only, with the aquatints drawn and etched by Pyne, aquatinted by J Hill, oblong folio, ex-Cheltenham library re-bound in creamy yellow cloth (worn and marked in places), titles and library number in gilt to spine, new endpapers, library sticker ('not for loan') and barcode to first free new endpaper, small circular library stamp to the front of all plates at the edge, not affecting the illustrations, title page has been trimmed and affixed to the verso of the first plate (which has also been trimmed and reattached, with a library stamp and ink references to the left of the plate, not much affecting it). The plates (mostly dated 1802) are all affected by foxing/browning/staining to some degree, mainly to the margins or on the verso (one has a green stain down the left edge), some have creases and some have been repaired and/or re-attached (e.g. Masonry 1 has been cut out and attached to the back of Masonry 2), but most are predominantly in good condition. The plates dated 1802 have titles in English and French. Extra postage may be required outside the UK.. Hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006786
- Title
- Microcosm: Or a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures Etc. Of Great Britain Volume One
- Author
- Pyne, W H; Gray, C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- Pyne Microcosm Picturesque Delineation PC1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; History; Illustrated;
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