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Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of this posthumously published collection of the popular works of Edward Dayes, illustrated throughout with his engravings. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and ten plates. Collated, complete. A selection of the works of Edward Dayes, published the year after his death. Dayes was a notable watercolour painter and mezzotint engraver in the eighteenth century. Much of Dayes' topographical works depicted ruins painted in blues and greens, which had an influence on the early work of J. M. W. Turner. Rebound, with endpapers renewed. Including 'An Excursion Through Derbyshire and Yorkshire', 'Essays on Paintings', 'Instructions For Drawing and Colouring Landscapes', and 'Professional Sketches of Modern Artist'. Rebound in half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, fine. Endpapers renewed. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with the odd spot, most concentrated to plate perimeters and pages facing plates. Very Good Indeed. Edward Dayes (illustrator). book. …

first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth w.paper title label to spine,rubbed and stained,bumps and chipping to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,spine cracked and sl.shaky).