cattle subjects von cooper thomas sydney (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardback, oblong folio. 33.3cm x 49cm. Later half-morocco. 30 lithograph plates by J. West Giles, captioned and numbered. nd. [circa1840]. Occasional spotting to most plates. A very pleasing copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (r8).

Folio 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches, near period half morocco binding with later boards and endpapers. THIRTY FOUR FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES - COMPLETE being frontispiece, lithograph title and thirty two plates. 6 plates rather spotted otherwise a good clean copy. A rare work, just preceding his Groups of Cattle published in 1839 with only 25 plates but very much in the same style. A Kentish artist whose fame is almost entirely connected to his paintings of cattle - known as Cow Cooper. Cows, sheep and donkeys. Fine decorative bucolic lithographs. Reference Abbey Life in England number 113.