An Antiquarian And Picturesque Tour Round The Southern Coast Of England; Illustrated With Eighty-Four Plates From The Drawings By J.M.W. Turner. R.A.
by Turner, J.M.W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary three quarter green morocco uniformly faded to brown and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Aeg.Very g
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About This Item
London: M.A. Nattali, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter green morocco uniformly faded to brown and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Aeg.Very good. viii, 202 pages. 29 cm. Based on Turner's two-volume work, published in 1826, with the addition of a number of engravings and a completely revised text (So, if not the first edition, then a thoroughly revised and expanded one). The engravings present wind-blown seascapes and workaday seaside scenes from around the south coast -- Ramsgate, Folkstone, Dover, Hastings, the Isle of Wight. Text and all illustrations bright, fresh and clean. Index. Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt with arabesques. All full page plates with tissue guards. Front cover boards slightly faded.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24163
- Title
- An Antiquarian And Picturesque Tour Round The Southern Coast Of England; Illustrated With Eighty-Four Plates From The Drawings By J.M.W. Turner. R.A.
- Author
- Turner, J.M.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary three quarter green morocco uniformly faded to brown and marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers. Aeg.Very g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- M.A. Nattali
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art Reference; Prints; Travel;
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Glossary
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- Marbled boards
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...