bennet rev (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED; Good trade paperback with creasing, nicked, stained front and back cover, pin mark on front free end page, stained edges, Offical revised edition No. 2, 2 staples on front free end page near spine, staining on front and back paste down, 264 pages, Sm8vo 1/2.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A scarce collection of poetry written by two members of the clergy Rev. Richard Chester and Rev. William Bennet Chester. Author's presentation copy with the inscription that reads 'Presentation Copy from the Authors' to the front blank, with an addition inscription to the reverse of the title page that reads: 'William G. Meredyth, With the affectionate regards of his attached friend & Brother - W. B. Chester. Dublin 1850'. With the previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of 'Meredyth'. Written by the Rev. Richard Chester, the former preacher and curate of the Cathedral of St. Coleman, and the Rev. William Bennet Chester, the Vicar of Killard and Kilmaccluane. A scarce collection of poetical works. In a full morocco binding. Externally sound, with heavy patches of rubbing to the spine and extremities. Previous owners bookplate to the front pastedown, with handling marks to the front and rear endpapers. The front hinge is strained. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the occasional handling mark, and light offsetting to pages 190-191. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Moderate rubbing and marks to spine and boards. Inner hinges split at gutters. Some foxing.; Second edition, corrected. xvii, [1], 288 pages + 15 plates (including frontispiece) + 12 in-text wood engravings. Contemporary green cloth boards with gilt title on spine. Page dimensions: 231 x 152mm. There are two portrait plates, and 13 plates showing views and scenes. The thirteen plates are numbered from 1 to 12, but there are two numbered plate 7. The first plate 7 is titled: "Papetoai, Island of Eimeo", the second is titled: "Water Spout seen from Raiatea". Provenance: from the collection of Arthur Thomas Pycroft (1876-1971). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dickes, William; et al (illustrator). 1st Edition. [1862?]. 40pp plus 18 leaves of tissue-guarded plates (chromoxylographs). Plates engraved and printed by William Dickes after Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Stothard, Thomas Gainsborough, and other old masters, with prose illustrations by Rev Bennet George Johns. Blue cloth boards with extensive gilt decoration and lettering. All edges gilt. Large folio. Boards rubbed and worn, especially at corners and spine ends, where there is some fraying and minor loss, a couple of small indentations along upper edge on verso, mild marks. Front free endpaper absent, gutter cracked between endpapers. One plate loose. Others have left impression on protective leaves. Binder's ticket on rear endpaper - Westleys & Co., London. Prints were first issued in monthly parts, separately mounted, 1859-1862. Dickes biographer, Alfred Docker, bequeathed 1370 of Dickes' works to the British Museum in 1931. Scarce, hard to find title. LHD notes five copies : British Library, National Library of Scotland, V&A Libraries and Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

1 vols. Folio. 1 vols. Folio. The artist, from internal evidence, seems to be Rev. H.L. Bennet--clearly an ardent and well-connected sportsman, as most of his sketches are portraits and caricatures of well-known hunting men (and women) of the day, many of whom are identified. These include a portrait of Lord Jersey, who Nimrod called "perhaps the most elegant rider for hounds the world has ever seen", and many others. The drawings are skilfully executed, and are often amusing. A unique production of one of the golden ages of British sport. Including : Examples of 2 pages, 7 images: Mrs. Rowley's Groom on his Compact Mare, Rush Esq, Farthgghoc, Col. Joddsch (?), Lord Anson's steward M-- Wyatt. J.H. Jr, T.T.D. Another: 2 pages; Rev. G. Loyd, T.T Darke Esq., 2 others Another: 2 pages; Col. Goodell, 4 others Mr. Drakes Grey's horse. Sewn into original brown wrappers (worn).

Folding frontispece and 3 other folding plates. xvii, [18]-141pp. With a list of subscribers inserted between sigg.A2 and 3. 8vo. Bennet was a clergyman who was also a physicist. He invented the gold-leaf electroscope and an improved magnetometer. Alesandra Volta regarded the theory of electricity that Bennet put forth in this book as a key influence in leading to the development of his own theories. ESTC T67086 Original paper over boards, uncut, one inch piece of spine missing, else beautiful. Ownership signature of John H. Cafner on title-page Folding frontispece and 3 other folding plates. xvii, [18]-141pp. With a list of subscribers inserted between sigg.A2 and 3. 8vo.