Picturesque Europe: a Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent; Volume I the British Isles (Only)
by Taylor, Bayard (Ed. ) & Birket Foster, Harry Fenn; et. al (Illust & Engr. )
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1875. First Edition. Leather. Steel Plate engravings and woodcuts; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 488 pages; 1875 D. Appleton & Company, NY. Volume I only (of 3) being the British Isles 1st edition. Soundly bound in publisher issued full grain patterned brown leather with decorative borders and panels in blind and pictorial title design to cover in gilt. Spine lettered and ruled in gilt boards beveled at edges and all edges gilt. Silk patterned paper endpages; hinges lined with cloth as issued. Some surface skinning to leather over corners and joints and light rubbing edges. Some superficial tears and crease to the 2nd plain paper endsheets and a few tiny mended nicks to front edge of the first few leaves of text. Lavishly illustrated with over 21full-page steel engravings and many in-text and half page wood engravings. Included are exquisitely detailed views of forest scenery, the southern and Cornish coasts of Great Britain, the Derby Dales, English castles, abbeys, and churches, etc. Among the illustrators and engravers are Birket Foster, Harry Fenn; etc . Snugly bound and clean with plates and cuts in fine condition. Light binding wear but overall quite VG. ... Oversize book will require additional charges for most shipping methods. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49657
- Title
- Picturesque Europe: a Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent; Volume I the British Isles (Only)
- Author
- Taylor, Bayard (Ed. ) & Birket Foster, Harry Fenn; et. al (Illust & Engr. )
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1875
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe; Decorative bindings;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- VG
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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