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Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views,
by GASTINEAU Henry 1791-1876
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square: Jones & Co, 1830. First Edition . Half Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. GASTINEAU Gastineau. 2 vols, 1st ed, 1830. In uniform dark blue long grained morocco, attractive decorative gilt tooling, edges & corners rubbed. Spine, faded, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, Vol 1, North Wales, 1830, engraved titlepage with vignette, [1], 2-20 pp, then not paginated, (Signatures: B1-2B2, *2B1 only, & C only - pl list), 48 leaves of pls depicting 89 views. Vol 2, South Wales, engraved tp with vignette, (2C-3O3, [2] engravings list, 69 leaves of plates (many with 2 images per leaf). A.e.g., yellow endpapera, Vol 2 hinge paper cracked, occasional spot. A lovely set. (207*269 mm). Gastineau, landscape painter, who despite his popularity as an artist, relied heavily on teaching, both privately and at various schools, and this income was further supplemented by the regular contribution of drawings to topographical publications. These included eighteen subjects for T. K. Cromwell's Excursions in the County of Kent (1822), thirteen scenes for W. H. Ireland's History of Kent (4 vols., 1829-30), numerous views for Jones & Co.'s Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views (2 vols., 1830-31), and, as late as 1860, he contributed nineteen works to John Tillotson's Picturesque Scenery in Wales. ODNB.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006778
- Title
- Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views,
- Author
- GASTINEAU Henry 1791-1876
- Illustrator
- GASTINEAU Gastineau
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jones & Co
- Place of Publication
- London: Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square
- Date Published
- 1830
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Weight
- 4.30 lbs
- Keywords
- Gastineau Wales Plates History Gentry Antiquities topography
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We are close to the beach and the wonderful Snowdonia National Park. Dealing in Fine & Rare Antiquarian books in the heart of North Wales. We have a general stock of rare books, which include, but are not limited to: history, topography, private press and items with a Welsh interest.
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