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The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales
by P. J. de Loutherbourg
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Moseley, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Robert Bowyer, 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. 1 vol., folio, 18" x 13-1/4", illustrated with 18 fine hand colored Aquatint views Of England and Wales by William Pickett after de Loutherbourg, first issue with paper watermarked J. Whatman 1801 and 1805 and signature and imprint underneath each plate. Bound in fine full blue morocco, covers ruled with a floral boarder, ribbed gilt decorated spine, front cover inlaid with 2 original illustrations on vellum a view of Coalbrook Dale, Shropshire (after de Loutherbourg) and portrait roundel of the author by Martin Frost, top edge gilt, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Denis Collins, VERY GOOD+, housed in a dark blue cloth clamshell slipcase, gilt lettered leather spine label.
LOUTHERBOURG, Philipp Jakob de. The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and
Wales, from Drawings made expressly for this undertaking. With historical and descriptive accounts
of the several places of which views are given. London: Printed for Robert Bowyer by T. Bensley,
1805.
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- Bookseller
- Reagan's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 203156341379
- Title
- The Romantic and Picturesque Scenery of England and Wales
- Author
- P. J. de Loutherbourg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Bowyer
- Date Published
- 1805
- Keywords
- LEATHER, ILLUSTRATED, COLOR, PLATES, BOUND, BY, SANGORSKI, AND, SUTCLIFFE, BINDING
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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