Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English
[ALEXANDER William] 1767-1816
FIFTY HAND COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES, EACH WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LEAF OF TEXT First edition, 4to, in full black morocco, spine gilt titled, lower and fore edges untrimmed, title leaf, contents leaf, & 50 hand coloured engraved plates, each with…
A Trip To Melton Mowbray
[ALKEN Henry] 1785-1851. PAUL Sir John Dean - designer 1802-1868.
One of Alken's Rarest works. First edition, first state, a portfolio (as issued) of fourteen hand coloured aquatint strips on twelve leaves of heavy card paper, the engravings generally measure 568*92 mm, and are mounted on leaves measuring 622*…
An Illustrated Record of Important Events in The Annals of Europe, [and] The Campaign of Waterloo. An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe, during the years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815 : comprising a series of views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, the battles of Leipsic, etc... Together with a history of those momentous transactions
[BOWYER Robert] 1758-1834
With 30 plates - (Twenty-Two Hand-Coloured Aquatints) First edition of both titles, two folio volumes bound as 1 (as is common), in half calf over contemporary red marbled boards, some blind tooling, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, 1815,…
The Northern Cambrian Mountains; or, A Tour Through North Wales: Describing The Scenery and General Characters of that Romantic Country
[COMPTON Thomas] 1749-1817
Extra tall, 1820, 2nd & enlarged edition, complete with all 39 superbly coloured atmospheric images. Probably the best coloured aquatints of Wales. In contemporary half calf over green marbled boards, some gilt tooling, edges rubbed, corners…
Fifty Wonderful Portraits
[COOPER, Robert, and PAGE R.]
Fifty Hand-Coloured Engraved Portraits of Remarkable Persons. Quarto, [2], 8 pp (pl descriptions), fifty hand-colored engraved plates, printed on pink paper, attractively bound by Kelly & Sons (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full dark…
The Punishments of China.
[MASON George Henry] 1770-1851
A striking & influential illustrated book that depicts judicial & penal practices of imperial China during the late Qing Dynasty. VG, FIRST edition, 1801, 22 coloured pls. In contemporary red straight grain morocco, decorative gilt edge tooling,…
Picturesque Views in Devonshire, Cornwall, &c.
[PAYNE William]
G, 1st ed, 1826, 16 colour plates. In modern dark red half morocco, over the original worn boards, gilt tooling, original gilt title to gilt tooled black calf label. Internally, frontis, [4], 16 hand coloured aquatint plates with grey wash…
Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, ETC. With A Short Description Annexed To each Plate.
[WHIMPER J.W. or WHYMPER Josiah Wood) 1813-1903
[1846]. First edition, in the publishers marked, embossed brown cloth, gilt titles. corners bumped. Carefully respined, printed paper titles. Internally, not paginated, but title leaf followed by 30 leaves of Phenomena's, depicted in numbered &…
A History of the of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.
ACKERMANN Rudolph 1764-1834
VG, First Edition, second issue, 82 plates. 2 Vols in attractive c1900 half black calf over blue cloth, some blind tooling. Spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf labels, Internally, Vol 1, half title, frontis,…
Album Francais
Anon
A fascinating collection of hand coloured French coaching and other scenes. In c1830 full red morocco album, gilt & blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed, Spine, worn, raised bands, gilt decorative tooling & title. Internally, MS calligraphic style…
A Picturesque Guide to the Local Beauties of Wales; BOUND WITH: A Brief Narrative of the French Invasion,
BAKER James
Bakers rare Guide to Wales with the equally rare French Invasion! 94 B&W plates! Second edition, two volumes in modern two tone boards, some blind tooling, spines with gilt titles to red & black morocco labels. Vol 1, 1791, engraved title…
The Fine Arts. Forty-Eight Aquatint Coloured Engravings, by Theodore Fielding, from a Work Containing Forty-Eight Subjects of Landscape Scenery, Principally Views In and Near Bath. Painted in Oil, by Benjamin Barker.
BARKER Benjamin 1776-1838
48 SUPERB hand coloured plates of Landscape Scenery in and around Bath. First Edition, oblong, printed title, verso blank, forty-eight aquatint colored engravings, by Theodore Fielding, all mounted on original brown paper and framed within an…
The Highgrove Florilegium
CHARLES Prince of Wales [King Charles III]
Fine, 2 vols, limited edition of 175 numbered sets, 124 coloured plates. In half red goatskin over red marbled boards. Spines, raised bands, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to green morocco labels. Internally, Vol 1, 2008, half title, tp in red &…
The Northern Cambrian Mountains or a Tour Through North Wales,
COMPTON Thomas
1st ed, VG, 30 pls (of 30), 1817. The very desirable first edition, first issue with the 1815/16 imprint. In half red roan, small almost invisible mark, over contemporary green marbled boards, a little worn & scratched, corners & edges a…
Scenery of the Northern Cambrian Mountains: The Northern Cambrian Mountains, or a tour through North Wales, describing the scenery and general characters of that romantic country, and embellished with a series of highly-finished colour views, engraved from original drawings
COMPTON Thomas 1749-1817
Rare in the original 10 parts, 30 hand coloured, numbered, mountain plates. True first edition, first issue, oblong folio, in the original 10 parts in printed wraps, 30 plates hand coloured, with descriptive text: No 1, printed paper wraps,…