Mr thos h shepherd (2 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. The first edition of this lavishly illustrated history of London from Thomas H. Shepherd and James Elmes. First edition.In a full cloth binding, with leather spine label. Renewed endpapers.Illustrated with an engraved title page and eighty engraved plates. Collated, complete.An engaging look into the rapid development of 19th-century London, and the new buildings of George IV's London. Examining the rapid changes of London that the city underwent during the early part of the Industrial Revolution. With commentaries by English architect, civil engineer and art writer James Elmes.Thomas H. Shepherd was a British topographical watercolour artist well known for his architectural paintings. In a full cloth binding, with leather spine label.Externally, joints are starting, but firm. Rubbing and bumping to the extremities, with minor loss to the head and tail of spine. A couple marks to the boards. Engraved ownership bookplate to the front paste down, bearing three initials. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting of varying degrees throughout. Good. Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd; James Elmes (illustrator). book. …

London, Jones & Co., 1833, in-4°, steelengraved title + typographical title (dated 1833) + vi + 172 pp + ii + 79 plates h.t. with 158 views + 1 engraved plan of Regent's park + (2)(binding directions, publicity), contemporary green half leather, smooth decorated spine, a few stains at the engraved title, otherwise a clean and nice copy. A complementary volume ;''London in the Nineteenth century'', also illustrated by the same artist appeared together with this volume (not present here).…