Author: COOKE, W.B. (Engr.) / HUMPHREYS, H. Noel (descr. sketches):
Title: Views in Rome, and Its Surrounding Scenery. From Drawings by David Roberts, T. Creswick, W.L.Leitch, T.H. Kromek &c. with Descriptive Sketches.
Description: London, David Bogue, MDCCCXLV, 1845, in-4to, VIII + 216 p. + 1 Engraved Vignette-Title with 8 views (a bit damaged on the margins) + 28 steel-engraved plates (of 30 mentioned in the list of plates, last 2 plates missing, they were never bound in), Bookplate Skinos (Panof Grafsos Skinos), Original dark brown morocco leather, brown cloth on covers, large cornes, all edges marbled, a little rubbed. Front joint cracket but firm. ¶ First Edition. Double-page panoramic view of Rome, Alltogether 29 steel-engraved plates, good impressions with strong plate-marks. First plate foxed, closed tears on sides, otherwise a good copy. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

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