atkinson john augustus walker james (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Folio. 32 x 47cm. 3 volumes. New half goatskin bindings with marbled boards by the artisan binder, Sasha Mosalov. 93 coloured aquatints, lacking the last 7 plates = Abbey plate nos. 95-101. Abbey plate nos. 54-56 are foxed outside the images.Other plates very clean without printed plate numbers. The aquatints are printed on one side of the sheet and the other side is blank.Abbey Travel, 223; Lipperheide Kaa 21; Colas 171; Tooley 72; OCLC Number 4024791.

First edition; 3 vols in one; frontispiece portrait, 100 colour plates, text in French and English, water stain effecting the latter plates, half dark green morocco, spine with gilt tooling and the title 'Russians and Turks', slightly worn; [bound with] Tableau gà nà rale de l'empire Othoman, Imprimerie de Monsieur, Paris, 1787, vol. I only, engraved title-page, dedication to King of Sweden, 41 plates, several folding, missing 3 plates (13,19 and 36). This is the second of Atkinson's works to be published after his return from St. Petersburg. He accompanied his uncle James Walker there when the latter had been appointed engraver to the Empress Catherine and had returned in 1801 after 18 years spent in Russia. Dedicated to Alexander I, whose portrait is in frontispiece. 'These plates [.] show the spontaneity and spirit possible when the artist is his own engraver. [.] The colouring is skilfully done, in soft washes' (Abbey). Many subjects are here dealt with for the first, and often only, time in a European publication. The work is bound with volume one of Tableau gà nà rale de l'empire Othoman, a monumental work on the Ottoman court undertaken by Swedish diplomat, Ignatius Mouradgea d'Ohsson. Having a firm grasp of both Arabic and Turkish allowed d'Ohsson to witness aspects of everyday life at court that were normally inaccessible to Europeans. The plates present here depict the city's sites as well as religious and ceremonial ceremonies.

2 volumes in one, being volumes 2 and 3 ONLY- folio 19 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Crudely bound. A BREAKING OR WORKING COPY- wanting titles but with plate list and most of the text. ILLUSTRATED WITH 65 (of 67) HAND COLOURED PLATES being soft ground etchings with some aquatint- by Atkinson. 5 plates slightly creased. Sold as a collection of hand coloured plates. Wanting Ice Hills and Tartars - both from volume two. The complete work is in three volumes with 100 plates and is the first work in English to give an accurate representation of the manners and customs of the ordinary Russian people (DNB). According to Major Abbey in his bibliography - the plates show the spontaneity and spirit possible when the artist is his own engraver. the colour is skilfully done in soft washes. Abbey Travel 223.