BY SIMON DE PURYMareMagnum
CALVERT FrederickMareMagnum
The Isle of Wight Illustrated in a Series of Coloured Views. engraved in Aqua-tint by Mr. Percy Roberts from the original Drawings of the late Mr. F. Calvert, accompanied by a succinct historical, geographical and topographical Description of the Island. CRISP, CLEAN COPYOF THE FIRST ISSUE WITH AQUATINTS COLOURED BY HAND
8vo., First Edition, First Issue, with lithographed frontispiece (uncoloured as usual), engraved map and 19 splendid aquatint plates ALL FINELY COLOURED BY HAND; attractively bound in twentieth-century green straight-grain half morocco, green cloth sides, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy with virtually no trace of the usual offsetting. A crisp, clean copy of the First Issue, with plate 12 reading 'Bunbridge' [for 'Bembridge'] and plate 3 reading 'Ryde' [for 'Ryde Plate 1']. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Abbey, Scenery, 351; Bobins II, 628..
Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books · Thakeham, GB1 762,87 €
