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Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton; Formerly the Pavilion: Executed by the Command of King George the Fourth, Under the Superintendence of John Nash, Esq. Architect. To Which is Prefixed, A History of the Palace.
by Nash, John. Brayley, Edward Wedlake
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: J. B. Nichols and Son, 1838. Half Morocco. Near Fine. Extra-illustrated copy. Elephantine folio, 55 by 36 cm. Wood-engraved title vignette, 31 plates and plans after Augustus Pugin and others (20 present in two states, giving a plate total of 51), comprising aquatints, five with full or partial hand-coloring, line etchings, some on india paper mounted, and some mounted, and two folding, the frontis plate itself opening up to be over 100 cm wide. Attractively bound in half black straight-grained morocco over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards. Spine with seven raised bands forming eight 8 compartments, all decoratively tooled with floral devices in gilt. Condition: occasional spotting, some light marginal age toning.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006614
- Title
- Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton; Formerly the Pavilion: Executed by the Command of King George the Fourth, Under the Superintendence of John Nash, Esq. Architect. To Which is Prefixed, A History of the Palace.
- Author
- Nash, John. Brayley, Edward Wedlake
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Nichols and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
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