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ABBEY, JOHN ROLAND A BIBLIOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE FROM THE LIBRARY OF J. R. ABBEY.
ABBEY, JOHN ROLAND. A Bibliographic Catalogue from the Library of J.R. Abbey. 4 vols. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, Vol. I: World, Europe, Africa. 299 pp. cataloguing 347 works, with 44 plates and illustrations in b&w; Vol. II: Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, America. 376 pp. cataloguing 381 works, with 46 b&w plates and illustrations; Vol. III: Life in England in aquatint and lithography 1770 - 1860: Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panoramas, etc. 428 pp. text cataloguing 633 works, includes 83 b&w plates and illustrations; Vol. IV: Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland. 399 pp. text with 556 works catalogued and 89 b&w plates and illustrations. Folios, cloth. Reprinted with new color frontispieces and with the collotype plates in photolithography by Wofsy, San Francisco, 1991. A monument to the connoisseurship of major Abbey. In a brilliant move the collection was accquired by Paul Mellon and is now at Yale.Arntzen N101, "Invaluable reference work for the the study of British illustration and typography."Available in individual volumes, priced upon request.
Offered for US$ 575.00 by: Ursus Books and Prints Ltd. - Book number: 11273