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Welsh Scenery. From Drawings
by BATTY Captain [Robert] 1788/9-1848
- 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: Albermarle-Street: John Murray, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. BATTY Captain. 70 plates ie 35 steel engraving each in 2 states VG+, Large India Paper copy, First edition, 1823, in brown morocco cloth, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped, short tear at base. Internally, half title, viii, followed by 35 leaves of descriptive text, watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mills 1822, each leaf accompanied by 2 plates (mostly with guards, 1 plate with no lettering, & 1 plate with lettering & date 1823), for a total of 70 plates,(only 35 called for), engraved by Edward Finden after Captain Batty, edges uncut, occasional light edge browning & spot, 2 book labels to fpd (Peter Bicknell & the armorial plate of JB Winterbotham) along with a bookseller label at base (William George's Son)FPD. (303*221 mm). A really clean, tight and interesting example. Wales was the subject of one of the earliest books with steel engravings... The art historian Samuel Redgrave thought highly of him (Batty) his industry was great, his works carefully and truthfully drawn, his architecture correct in proportion and outlines and his merits as a topographical draftsman deserves recognition. (Anderson 336. Lowndes 1615).
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008054
- Title
- Welsh Scenery. From Drawings
- Author
- BATTY Captain [Robert] 1788/9-1848
- Illustrator
- BATTY Captain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London: Albermarle-Street
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 3.75 lbs
- Keywords
- topography travel tour views Wales scenery
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Madoc Books
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Llandudno, Conwy
About Madoc Books
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.
We are keen to buy similar antiquarian books.
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