Thomas rowlandson illust (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. A New Edition; reprint. Color Plates; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 265 pages; 1903 D. Appleton & Company. Smaller format HC in original smooth red cloth wit paper title label to spine; top edge gilt. With the original Rowlandsone illustrations now rendered in color and printed on glossy stock. Paper title label to spine lightly toned with a tiny nick to one edge. Cloth at spine a tifle sunned. Here and there a bit of superficial foxing to the page stock. VG or better.…

Zustand: Very Good Minus. 3rd Edition. Third edition, originally issued in 8 parts (1819-1820). An imitation of William Combe's series of Doctor Syntax books, and sometimes wrongly attributed to him. According to Tooley both Thomas Rowlandson and I.R. Cruikshank are credited with the designs for the plates, the balance of opinion favouring Cruikshank. One of the plates however is signed 'Williams'. Rebacked in mauve cloth with paper title label. Boards marked and have wear and bumping to corners. Page edges untrimmed. Slight rippling to margins. Complete with the engraved title page and 19 plates, all hand coloured. Some offsetting from plates to facing page. Slight marking to pages 157-164 where a flower was previously pressed between the pages. A few spots of light foxing, text is generally very clean. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Lawrence Stangman). Contemporary owner's name to front free endpaper and upper margin of p1 (Ninian Crawford). A rare uncut example. Tooley 434; Lowndes p2564. . Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6.75 x 10.25 inches (17 x 26 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. iv, [2] (list of plates), 319.…