miss semple (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: Good. Small folio. 25.5 x 36cm. Contemporary green straight grain morocco decorated in gilt, with raised bands to spine with gilt lettering and tooling; rebacked.3 volumes in 1. 24; [180]; [90], [4] pp. Sketches of the Country with 54 hand-colored aquatint plates by J. Clark after drawings by Bradford. Costume of the Netherlands with 30 colored engravings. . Two color-plate books bound together, with short introductory retrospect on the War in the Peninsula. Sketches of the Country was one of the first works to provide an eyewitness account of the Napoleonic Wars, including scenic views of Portugal and Spain. Bradford was Chaplain to the British Army and his drawings chart the army's course through Portugal and Northern Spain before retreating to Corunna in January of 1809. Miss Semple's Costume of the Netherlands may be found interesting at this time when British valour has made that part of the continent familiar to the Public" (Foreword).References for Sketches of the Country: Abbey Travel 135 2B; Tooley 107; Colas 421; Palau 34386; Prideaux p. 328; Brunet 1-1197; Lipperheide 1213.References for Costume of the Netherlands: OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:65927329; Bobins II, 430; Colas 2710; Hiler 793; Lipperheide 958, Prideaux 351; Not in Abbey.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Folio. Contemporary winered full morocco, spine richly gilt, covers gilt and blindtooled. A. e. g. Coloured vignette on title, 30 handcoloured plates. Small dampstaining to first two pages.

London: Ackermann, 1817. In-folio: 27 x 36 cm, 2 ff., 30 pp., 30 pl. grav. Edition originale de ce recueil de costumes des Pays-Bas. Page de titre gravée par Bartlett. Ouvrage illustré de 30 aquatintes hors-texte en couleurs, imprimées par Ackermann d'après les dessins de Miss Semple et entièrement rehaussées à la main. Chaque planche est accompagnée de sa description en anglais et en français. Elégante reliure de l'époque en maroquin rouge à longs grains. Dos à 5 nerfs plats richement ornés, titre, dentelles et caissons dorés. Plats décorés d'arabesques dorées encadrées de dentelles à froid et de roulettes dorées. Roulettes intérieurs à motif de feuilles de vigne, gardes recouvertes de soie bleue. Tranches dorées. Ex-libris: Lord Farnham. Traces de frottement aux coiffes, aux gouttières, et aux coins. Gravures propres et fraîches. Ouvrage en très bel état luxueusement relié et bien complet de toutes les gravures. [English. London : Ackermann, 1817. Folio : 27 x 36 cm, 2 ff., 30 pp., 30 engr. col. pl. First edition. Title page engraved by Bartlett. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored inserts aquatints, printed by Ackermann after Miss Semple's drawings. Each plate has an English and a French description. Very elegant contemporary long grain red morocco binding. Flat bands on spine, with gilt title and panels. Large gilt arabesques on covers, framed with fillet rolls. Doublures rolled with gilt vine leaves. Blue silk endpapers. Gilt edges. Ex-libris: Lord Farnham. Hinges, headcaps and corners lightly rubbed. Engravings and paper clean. Very nice copy, luxuriously bound, complete with all color plates.].