Picturesque Views in Devonshire, Cornwall, &c. [PAYNE William] Publisher: Howlett and Brimmer, Publish Year: 1826 Publish Place: London: 10, Frith Street, Soho. Illustrator: [PAYNE William] active 1776-1809 Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 006144 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Good Size: Oblong Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £800 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information 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 borders, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, plates dated 1797 to 1803, plates watermarked Whatman 1822, text leaves watermarked 1824, printed by Howlett and Brimmer, original printed title label on front pastedown, some spotting, stains, and general toning, mostly to text and plate margins, adhesive tape removal mark, new old endpapers. (Oblong 4to, 265*210 mm). (Abbey Scenery 122; Tooley 365. Bobins 702). Uncommon per WorldCat & COPAC 2 copies only held in the UK - Nat. Museum of Wales & Cambridge, & few in the US.
