Dallaway rev james (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First. All in original green cloth binding, blind embossed, gilt. This copy spine detached, but spine present showing 2 inches (20%) loss. This copy has a printed label pasted in (top board verso) stating: "This volume belongs to William Starmer Shaw's heirloom collection of rare and curious Books, mainly relating to History and Antquities of the County of Northampton". Corrigenda slip bound in. 447 pp text block clean tight and fox free. Realistically priced. See also our ABE Listing: # 007677 "Rambles Roundabout and Poems". G J de Wilde.…

10.0 x 6.0 inches. In grey hard card covers with black lettering to beige cloth spine. Marbled edges. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped. Mild foxing to early pages and endpapers. Occasional light pencil marks to margins. Else a clean and tight copy. 212 pp. With b/w frontis and other b/w illustrations. Descriptions of antiquities of Bristol, topography, and a life of William Canynges,who was an English merchant and shipper from Bristol, one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day and an occasional royal financier. He served as Mayor of Bristol five times and as MP for Bristol thrice. Much of the text is in Latin.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to 31 cm x 24.5 cm, iv (4) 212 (10) pages, the title page printed in red and black. Frontis illustration + 3 other full-page plates the plate before page 185 hand coloured as are the printed armorial shields which occur throughout the volume. Small armorial bookplate to front paste down and verso of front blank for" Church House Bristol", also printed ownership label of Harold E Mathews to front paste down. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Later (not recent) plain half burgundy calf with black title label. Light rubbing to edges and corners, the binding tight with no splits or staining. Believe to be one of 6 large paper copies with the engraved plate bound before page.185 hand-coloured, as are also the printed armorial shields, and three additional engravings. The plates do not appear in the smaller 8vo edition.…

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. A beautifully bound, complete set of Horace Walpole's richly illustrated guide to painting in England, with additions by James Dallaway. Bound in an elegant half crushed morocco, with marbled paper-covered boards. A new edition, with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway. This impressively illustrated collection was first published in 1762, showcasing principal English artists, with a focus on painting. It is often considered to be the first comprehensive biographical study of the history of the arts in England. Walpole presents the lives and work of various prominent artists from different periods, including during the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Charles I, Charles II, George I and George II. Volume V serves as a catalogue of engravers who were born or resided in England during these periods. Wonderfully illustrated, with 88 illustrations on 80 plates, and 39 engravings. Comprised of 14 plates and 5 engravings to Volume I, 17 plates and 12 engravings to II, 17 plates and 13 engravings to III, 16 plates and 9 engravings to IV and sixteen plates to V. Collated, complete. Compiled by Horace Walpole, collected by George Vertue and with considerable additions from the Rev. James Dallaway. Bound in an half crushed morocco, with marbled paper-covered boards. Externally, lovely, with light rubbing to joints and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light scattered spotting to the first few pages, to the plates and to the pages facing the plates. A little offsetting from plates. Otherwise, bright and clean. Near Fine. Various (illustrator). book. …