Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860
by J. R. Abbey
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$534.74A$481.26
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About This Item
London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1953. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 12.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. A smart limited edition of this brightly illustrated bibliographical catalogue of artwork exploring life in England. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number seventy-one. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-two collotype plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A vast bibliographical catalogue of artwork exploring life in England, with chapters on art collections, decorative printing, illustrations of the classics, the navy, the army, sports and pastimes, railways, costume, stage, panoramas, and much more. From the library of Major John Roland Abbey, an English book collector and high sheriff. Images for this work were produced with the use of printmaking techniques aquatint, for tonal effects, and lithography. In the original full grey cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small mark to the panels. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 897T1
- Title
- Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860
- Author
- J. R. Abbey
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed at the Curwen Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 12.5" by 9.5"
- Keywords
- Life England Aquatint Lithography England
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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