John josiah boydell (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Some minor tearing to the edges of the DJ with a larger tear to the back bottom edge. DJ now protected in mylar wraps. Previous price stickers to inside front flap of DJ. Pages are otherwise clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight. BP. John Boydell (illustrator). …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Presented as a gift to Peter Bogdanovich and also signed by him in full. Very good copy in very good dj with wearing to lower front covers and some short closed tears to dj. John Boydell (illustrator). By Peter Bogdanovich.

1p., landscape 12mo. In fair condition, on aged and lightly-stained paper. The note reads: 'Dr Sir, | I shall do myself the pleasure of waiting upon you the beginning of the week, when I hope to have something interesting to shew you for Mr Boydell - believe me | Dr Sir | Yrs truly | J Hassell'.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah Boydell, 1794-96. 2 vols. Folio (16 3/8" x 12 1/4", 415mm x 305mm). With 76 hand-colored aquatint plates, 3 folding, engraved by Joseph Constantine Stadler with drawings by Joseph Farington, RA. With 2 folding panoramic maps of the course of the Thames from its source to the sea by John Cook of Hendon. William Combe (1742-1823) wrote the text. Half brown morocco over brown boards, gilt. On the spine, 6 raised bands, gilt. Author and title gilt to second panel, volume to the fourth and decoration to the rest. Brown floral, striped endpapers. Each volume housed in a brown fabric slipcase. Boards pristine. Light off-setting, foxing, tanning and finger staining throughout. Volume 1 with printed dedication to George III and the Earl of Oxford. Frontispiece Tamesis ("Father Thames") sculpted by J. Parker after the originals by M. Damer. Vol. I, page 171, extra plate from another Boydell work. Vol II, page 246 plate repaired. The project was intended to be part of a larger series of British Rivers, but only the Thames was completed. It follows the River from its source in Gloucestershire to the North Sea, illustrating the scenery and architecture along the way.…

Zustand: Good. Folio, 31.5 x 43 cm. New half goatskin and marbled boards binding by the artisan binder, Sasha Mosalov. 99 engraved plates, a few with marginal defects.Provenance: Presentation copy from Hector John Graham-Toler, 2nd Earl of Norbury; ,b. 27 June 1781, d. 3 January 1839. Hector John Graham-Toler, 2nd Earl of Norbury was born on 27 June 1781.1 He was the son of John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury and Grace Graham, Baroness Norwood of Knockalton. He married Elizabeth Brabazon, daughter of William Brabazon and Elizabeth Phibbs, on 1 January 1808. He died on 3 January 1839 at age 57 at Durrow Abbey, Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, shot dead by his butler.OCLC Number : 82919611.Engraved t.p. partly in script, signed: Tomkins, script.; Halliwell sculptA descriptive index and alphabetical list of the plates are prefixed. More than half the plates, which are dated 1791-1803, are by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, and James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who contributed most work are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James HealthOn p. [4]: Advertisement. Portrait of the late John Boydell . ; speculated imprint date based on his death date.…

Zustand: Good. Folios. 31.3 x 41.3 cm. 9 volumes. Original calf with gilt dentelles along the edges of the covers; gilt spine and edges; the heavy covers reattached with matching binding material by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov. . Scattered foxing, mainly light.few pages with tears. Total weight about 140 pounds. Will be shipped in 3 heavy boxes.OCLC 5503043: Contents: v. 1. Prefaces of Pope and Johnson to the Dramatic works of Shakspeare. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Measure for measure.v. 2. Comedy of errors ; Much ado about nothing ; Love's labour's lost ; Midsummer-night's dream.v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; Taming of the shrew ; All's well that ends well.v. 4. Twelfth-night ; Winter's tale ; Macbeth ; King John.v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV ; King Henry V.v. 6. King Henry VI ; King Richard III.v. 7. King Henry VIII ; Coriolanus ; Julius Caesar ; Antony and Cleopatra.v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Titus Adronicus ; Troilus and Cressida ; Cymbeline.v. 9. King Lear ; Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.Notes:Originally issued in 18 parts in 1791 and 1802 [i.e. 1803?]The edition is based upon the 1790 Malone and 1793 Steevens editionsVolume title pages, with "volume" designation, are all dated 1802With a dedication leaf "To the King's most excellent majesty" dated June 4th, 1803, signed John Boydell, Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol; advertisement signed "G.N." in v. 1Letterpress printed.Plays are paginated separately, have no signatures, and are bound in no designated order.Each play has a colophon reading: From the Shakspeare Press, by W. Bulmer & CoNo table of contents or list of plates is given, but the plates correspond with the list given in "Boydell's Graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare," a separate issue of the plates, except that the latter lacks a variation of the first plate in Richard III (Gloster and the princes) while it has in addition (as frontispiece) "Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy, " a portrait of John Boydell, a variation of Juliet's supposed death, and a second plate in Titus Adronicus (Lavinia nursing her young nephew, by T. Kirk)."Boydell's Graphic illustrations &c." must not be confused with their "Collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare," London, 1803, two large folios containing larger plates (100, including the portraits of the King and Queen prefixed, and the two title-vignettes) most of which are entirely different from these smaller platesPlates, dated 1791-1803, are mainly by R. Smirke, W. Hamilton, R. Westall, F. Wheatley, James Northcote, with a few each by Reynolds, Opie, Stothard, and others. Among the engravers who executed the greatest number of plates are James Parker, Anker Smith, and James Heath.…

Recent green half-cloth morocco; five raised bands gilt with ornamentation and double fillets, gilt lettered title on two and volume number on four, upper edge gilt. , Tooley states the volumes are ?invariably stained with offsets, and even the text is frequently spotted? Regarding the scope of the envisioned work Abbey quoted from an advertisement which appeared on the front wrapper of the Gentleman?s Magazine for Jan 1792: ?Each Volume will contain at least Forty Plates, engraved in Aquatint, by Mr.Stadler &c from accurate drawings made by Mr. Farington of the most beautiful and interesting Parts of the River it records; with about Three Hundred of pages of Letterpress; and a Map, describing the Course of the River. ? ?The Materials for the Whole of the Work are almost entirely completed. The History of the Thames and the Forth, which will be the first offered to the Publick, are in such a State of Preparation, that the Former will be ready for Delivery very early in the Year 1793, and the latter will shortly follow. ? The Histories of the Severn and the Clyde are also in great Forwardness, and will be ready for Publication, as it is hoped, in the Spring of the Year 1794?? Abbey then states ?The Project was, however, abandoned at the completion of the History of the Thames, ?? , Size : Folio (410 x 299mm), Vol. 1 is illustrated with a frontispiece entitled ?Tamesis? sculpted by J. Parker after M. Damer?s, an uncoloured folding panorama map of the Thames by John Cooke and 46 coloured aquatint plates; and vol.2 with 30 coloured aquatint plates, three of which are double paged (59, 66, 75). , Volume : 2 Volumes, References : Abbey Scenery 432, Tooley 102. , Vol 1: Frontis, title ?views and scenery??, blank, title 'An History of the River Thames??, blank, dedication to the Earl of Orford, blank, contents, blank, list of plates, blank, preface, ix-xiv, table, blank, folding map, 1-312 with 46 colour plates; vol 2: title, blank, table, blank, list of plates, blank, 1-294 with 30 colour plates. Main and half titles are present in vol. 1; vol. 2 only with half title, occasional light spotting to some margins, text and plates clean and crisp. A very good example. Colours are fresh and strong.…

Mit gestochenem Frontispiz, 2 gefalteten Kupferkarten und 76 kolorierten Aquatintatafeln (3 doppelblattgroß), 2 Blatt, Seite (IX)-XIV, 312 Seite; 2 Blatt, 294 Seiten, rote Maroquineinbände der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung, 42 x 32,5 cm, Einbände berieben und bestossen, Rücken etwas ausgeblichen, Vorsätze teils fleckig, innen sauber und ohne den üblichen Abklatsch auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite der Tafeln. Large Paper-Copy mit den Umrahmungen teils grau unterlegt. Gutes Exemplar des schönen Ansichtenwerkes, das ursprünglich als Teil einer fünfbändigen History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain geplant war; das Unternehmen wurde jedoch nach Erscheinen des ersten Bandes eingestellt. Vorliegend ein späterer Abdruck des sehr beliebten Werkes, erkennbar an den 1827 datierten Wasserzeichen einiger Tafeln. Zu Beginn des 1. Bandes die Karte des Flußlaufs der Themse in zwei Teilen. Die Ansichten nach J. Farington, gestochen von J. C. Stadler zeigen Windsor (div.), Cirencester, Blenheim, Oxford (div.), Abingdon, Reading, Strawberry Hill, London mit Richmond, Battersea, Chelsea, Tower, Black Friars Bridge etc., Greenwich, Rochester, Chatham, Upnor u. a.; die drei doppelblattgroßen Tafeln zeigen den Blick auf London von Lambeth und von Greenwich Park aus sowie Rochester mit Chatham. Ohne den Haupttitel History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain" und die Widmung an Georg III., die nur dem früher gedruckten Teil der ersten Ausgabe beigebunden waren.…