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A treatise on landscape painting and effect in water colours: from the first rudiments to the finished picture: with examples in outline, effect, and colouring.
by COX David 1783-1859
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- 1814
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London: at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place.: S. and J. Fuller, 1814. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. COX David. One of the best of the early drawing books VG+, 1st ed, 2nd issue, in modern red half red morocco over marbled boards.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Beauties & Defects in the Figure of the Horse Comparatively Delineated in a series of Coloured Plates
by ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
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London at the Temple of Fancy. 34, Rathbone Place.: S. & J. Fuller. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ALKEN Henry. An exquisite Alken rarity [1816]. First edition. Quarto. Recent half calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, with raised bands, black morocco label, all edges gilt; elaborate… Read more about this item Item Price
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Silver Wedding Vignette Sketches
by RIMER John
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- 1871
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1871. Hardcover. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. RIMER John. 84 original pen and ink drawings Oblong folio, full padded red morocco, brass bound with clasps, 84 original pen and ink drawings, finished in black/grey/ sepia and white water colour as heightening, each drawing oblong 4to mounted on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Album of Original Pencil Drawings
by VARLEY John 1778-1842
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Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VARLEY John. c1823-1832, Oblong quarto. Eighteen mounted drawings in a contemporary half red roan album, with the original stationer's label of H. Ziegler and Co. Some additional pages are blank and others show traces of drawings being removed. Neatly re-backed retaining the original spine, new silk ties, 1889… Read more about this item Item Price
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![[Six Landscapes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/189/419/1522419189.0.m.jpg)
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[Six Landscapes]
by ALKEN S [Samuel] 1756-1815
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- 1795
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- Soft cover
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€944.16
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London, St. paul's Church Yard; Great Newport Steet: T Simpson; and Darling & Thompson, 1795. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ALKEN S [Samuel]. 6 wonderful landscape scenes in aquatint In the original printers blue wrappers, oval publishers ticket to upper cover. Internally, six sepia… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sketches in North Wales. WITH Ten Views in the Vicinity of Bristol (but Wales)
by HARDING J.W. and FRANK W.A. [William Arnee]
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- 1810
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€973.66
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London: St. Hohn's-Square; and 36, St. James's-Street; and Strand.: Printed by Harding and Wrigh for J. Harding; R. Ackermann, 1810. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. HARDING J.W. and FRANK W.A. & NEWMAN . Two separate and very scarce titles JW Harding, Sketches… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prout's Microcosm. The Artist's Sketch-Book of Groups of Figures, Shipping, And other Picturesque Objects
by PROUT Samuel 1783-1852
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- 1st Edition
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- 1841
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€324.55
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London: Fleet Stree: Tilt and Bogue, 1841. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. PROUT Samuel. With twenty four lithographed plates First edition, in embossed gilt printed worn brown cloth, corners worn. Spine, gilt tooling & title, edges bumped. Internally, 4 pp (title + intro), followed by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Picturesque Views in England and Wales.
by TURNER J.M.W. [Joseph Mallord William] 1775-1851. LLOYD H.E. [Hannibal Evans] 1771-1847
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- 1838
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€2,360.40
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London: Paternoster Row.: Published for the Proprietor, by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans,, 1838. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. TURNER J.M.W.. A beautiful example with NINETY SIX STEEL PLATES BY JMW TURNER. First edition, 1838, two volumes in full calf, decorative gilt tooling. Spines, raised bands, gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sketching from Nature in Water-Colours. With illustrations in chromo-lithography after original water-colour drawings
by PENLEY Aaron 1806-1870
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London: Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. PENLEY Aaron. With FIFTEEN attractive colour chromo-lithographs First edition, [1869], folio, original red cloth, gilt titled & decorated, a bit rubbed and faded, bevelled edges, inner hinges strengthened, a.e.g., [4], [32] pp, with a pictorial title page, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Last Flower Parable on Pictures
by THURBER James 1894-1961
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- 1st Edition
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- 1939
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€23.60
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90 Great Russell Street London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. [THURBER James]. Oblong 8vo, in cream cloth, illustration in blue, corners & edges rubbed, some spotting at edge. Spine , edges bumped, blue titles. In a printed fair DJ, some loss, not clipped. Internally, half title, not… Read more about this item Item Price
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![[An Album of sixteen water colour and pencil drawings of game birds]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/343/721/1492721343.0.m.jpg)
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[An Album of sixteen water colour and pencil drawings of game birds]
by ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
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€7,966.35
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Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ALKEN Henry. With Sixteen superb Water Colours An Album of sixteen water colour and pencil drawings of game birds, one unsigned, the others bearing the signature H. Alken. The drawings range from 2.5*4 inches to 10* 7.75 inches, Folio. Each drawing elaborately matted and bound into an imposing… Read more about this item Item Price
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The young artist's companion; or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments : comprising a great variety of the most picturesque objects required in the various compositions of landscape scenery, arranged as progressive lessons
by COX David 1783-1859
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- 1825
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€885.15
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London: Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone-Place: S. & J. Fuller, 1825. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. COX David. 64 Illustrations: aquatint and etching, some hand-colouring First edition, in oblong, contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, some gilt tooling, gilt titles to red morocco label to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Young Artist's Companion; or, Drawing-book of studies and landscape embellishments : comprising a great variety of the most picturesque objects required in the various compositions of landscape scenery, arranged as progressive lessons
by COX David 1783-1859
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- 1825
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€767.13
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London: Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone-Place: S. & J. Fuller, 1825. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. COX David. 64 Illustrations: aquatint and etching, some hand-coloured First edition in oblong, modern half red morocco over contemporary marbled boards, some blind tooling, gilt titles to red morocco label… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sons of the Desert - Original Water Colour Drawings
by ALKEN Henry [Thomas] 1785-1851
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Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ALKEN Henry [Thomas]. An Album of Original Water Colour Drawings by Henry Alken c1829 Oblong, in blue long grained morocco by Riviere & Son, elaborate gilt tooling & titles, edges & corners worn. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling… Read more about this item Item Price
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Original Water Colour Drawings
by ALKEN Henry 1785-1851
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Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ALKEN Henry. 18 Stunning water colours by Henry Alken In a superb green long grain morocco (by Riviere and Son), elaborate gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles & tooling, raised bands, edges brushed. Internally, gilt tooling to board… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Artists Sketch Book of Bangor & Holyhead Scenes [Reeves Sketch Book]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/712/354/1477354712.0.m.jpg)
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Artists Sketch Book of Bangor & Holyhead Scenes [Reeves Sketch Book]
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Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. An artists view of local life and scenes 1948-1949 Cloth spine over dark marbled boards, no title. Internally, thirty six pages of water colour paintings of local people, houses animals, and some events in the North Wales / Bangor / Rhosneigr areas during 1948… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sketch Book of Maritime & Seashore subjects
by SMITH Edward G
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Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SMITH Edward G. 19C sketch book depicting drawings & water colour of Marine and Sea-shore subjects mostly on the Welsh coast In half refurbished calf over brown morocco cloth, no title. Internally, forty two leaves, most with a sketch or two to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Artists Sketch Book 1890-1892
by JONES H.D. (H.D.J.)
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Hardcover. Very Good. JONES H.D. (H.D.J.). Oblong quarto, sketch book. Original quarter morocco over blue morocco cloth, corners rubbed, Spine, no title, repaired cloth tear at base. Internally, 22 leaves with drawings & 15 blank. Sketches include: south elevation and two plans of a modest two storey cottage. Three pages of indexed plans and south elevation of an… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Chepstow. Tintern Abbey. Llantony Abbey Abergavenny. [Artists Sketch Book]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/703/354/1477354703.0.m.jpg)
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Chepstow. Tintern Abbey. Llantony Abbey Abergavenny. [Artists Sketch Book]
by BATTY Robert
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- 1807
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1807. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. BATTY Robert. Contemporary marbled boards, ms label, working metal clasp. Modern spine. Upper board MS label reads: 1807, 18 (his age). Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Llantony Abbey, Abergavenny, 18th-26th July 1807. On the inner board he has written R. Batty began July 18th - 1807, and underneath is… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Camera; or, Art of Drawing in Water Colours: Camera, or, art of drawing in water colours : with instructions for sketching from nature : comprising the whole process of water-colored drawing : familiarly exemplified in drawing, shadowing, and tinting a complete landscape, in all its progressive states : and directions for compounding and using colours, sepia, indian ink, bister, & c
by HASSELL J. [John] 1767-1825
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- 1823
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€265.54
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London: Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Street: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. HASSELL J. [John] 1767-1825. THE PROCESS OF DRAWING IN WATER COLOURS EXPLAINED First edition, octavo, original boards with large printed paper label, neatly re-backed. Internally, folding frontis, [3], (iv)… Read more about this item Item Price
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