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Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860
by Abbey, J.R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in slightly marked and edgeworn dustwrapper
- ISBN 10
- 071290560X
- ISBN 13
- 9780712905602
- Seller
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LONDON, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone, 1972 reprint of 1953 first edition (which was limited to 400 copies). Cloth, large 4to,. xxi, 427, [1] pp, 83 plates. 633 entries. An attractive reprint of Abbey's classic bibliographical catalogue of "colour-plate" works on a range of subjects: architecture (86 books), drawing books and artists' sketch books (108 books), art collections (17), magazines (9), decorative printing (15), illustrations of the classics (17), high life and low life in town and country (74), the navy (22), the army (35), sports and pastimes (14), roads and railways (14), the stage -music-dance (14), costume (12), miscellanea (17), panoramas (183). An essential bibliographical reference. Very Good in slightly marked and edgeworn dustwrapper.
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- Bookseller
- Wykeham Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-34150
- Title
- Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860
- Author
- Abbey, J.R
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, large 4to,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in slightly marked and edgeworn dustwrapper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 071290560X
- ISBN 13
- 9780712905602
- Publisher
- Dawsons of Pall Mall, Folkestone, 1972 reprint of 1953 first edition (which was limited to 400 copies)
- Place of Publication
- , London
- Date Published
- 1972 reprint of 1953 first edit
- Pages
- xxi, 427, [1] pp, 83 plates
- Keywords
- Abbey, James Roland sketch books (108 books), art collections (17), magazines (9), decorative printing , illustrations of the classics , high life and low life in town and country , the navy , the army , sports and pastimes , roads and railways the stage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book Arts & Illustration;
Terms of Sale
Wykeham Books
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About the Seller
Wykeham Books
Biblio member since 2005
LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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