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Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Boards with light wear to extremities. Light occasional foxing ; Seventy-two pages of text alternating with seventy-two tissue protected steel engravings of the fascinating English countryside. All edges gilt. ; Engravings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 72,72 pages.

Couverture rigide. Fisher, fils et Cie | Paris & New York & London 1837-1838 | 22 x 28.50 cm | reliure de l'éditeur | Edition originale de la traduction française établie par Alexandre Sosson. Reliure de l'éditeur, dos lisse de chagrin bleu marine orné de cartouches dorés et décorés, plats de toile moirée bleu ciel marginalement décolorés et décorés en angles d'arabesques romantiques estmapées à froid, taches de décoloration sur le premier plat, gardes et contreplats de papier jaune, tranches dorées. Ouvrage illustré de ses 73 vues d'après les dessins de Thomas Allom. Quelques petites rousseurs. . | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition of the French translation by Alexandre Sosson. Publisher's binding, smooth navy blue shagreen spine decorated with gilt and decorated cartouches, sky blue watered silk boards marginally discolored and decorated at corners with romantic arabesques stamped in blind, discoloration stains on front board, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt. Work illustrated with its 73 views after drawings by Thomas Allom. Some light foxing. . *.

First Edition. Three volumes in one, each volume has engraved title pages. Vols I & II: 96pp each, vol. III 90pp, no date but plates dated 1836-1837, list of illustrations in each volume, text in both English and French. Half calf with debossed dentelles and corners, marbled boards and endpapers, spine in compartments with raised bands stamped in gilt, title in gilt, binding nearly detached, spine scuffed, light foxing to a very few plates, text clean with minor offsetting from a few plates. First gathering loose and disbound, lacks 16 plates of the 132 plates and priced accordingly. 28 x 22cm.