Author: TOMBLESON, W[illiam] & FEARNSIDE, W[illiam] G[ray] (editor)
Title: Tombleson's Views of the Rhine and Views of the Upper Rhine
Description: London, W. Tombleson and Company, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Two small quarto (5-3/4" x 9-1/2") volumes bound in gilt-decorated and blind-stamped full black morocco leather. Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages and 137 fine steel-engraved views as well as a long (45"!) folding panoramic map of the Rhine from Cologne to Mainz in the first volume and a large folding color map of the Upper Rhine in the second volume. Ill.: W. Tombleson. Owner name of Harriet Mosely dated 1835 on the front blank of each volume with an armorial bookplate on the front endpaper of each volume. Plates bright and clean. Some rubbing to the hinges which are just a little tender with slightly pulled headcaps. Near Fine .

Keywords: Travel, Rivers, Rhine, Germany, Illustrated Books, Steel Engravings, 19th Century W. Tombleson Illustrated Books Germany Steel Engravings Travel


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