Author: BRETON, William Henry
Title: Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway-
Description: London: J. Bohn, 1835. With Eighteen Plates of Scandinavia of which Five are Hand Colored BRETON, William Henry. Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway- London: J. Bohn, [1835]. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 133mm.). [viii], [1]-354 pp. Lithographed frontispiece, vignette title and 16 lithographed plates, of which five are hand-colored illustrations of costumes. The rest of the plates are on India paper, mounted, one of which is double-page, folding lithographed map at end. Bound by Rivière ca. 1900 in full speckled calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt, two red morocco labels lettered in gilt, gilt board edges, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. With the armorial bookplate of John Sheepshanks on the front paste-down and the engraved bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst on the free endpaper. An excellent example. William Henry Breton (1799-1887) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy who wrote the memoirs Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Dieman's Land, during the years 1830, 1831,1832 and 1833, first published in 1833 and Scandinavian Sketches, or, A Tour in Norway, published in 1835. The books resulted from private visits to Australia, or New Holland as it was then known, in 1829-30 and 1832-33 and to Norway, Sweden and Russia in 1834. On his return to Britain, he published Scandinavian Sketches, a travel narrative that struck his contemporaries for its open-mindedness and observational detail while the finely-executed plates conveyed the drama of the Scandinavian landscape. John Sheepshanks (1787–1863), British manufacturer and art collector, was born in Leeds, and became a partner in his father's business as a cloth manufacturer. Sheepshanks collected pictures, mainly by British artists, and in 1857 presented his notable collection to the nation. These are at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, which no longer observes all the conditions which he attached to the gift. He retired from business in 1833 and died a bachelor in 1863. Robert J. Hayhurst inherited and improved a successful group of retail pharmacies, John Hayhurst & Son, based in Nelson, Lancashire. He was a keen collector of naval history and of eighteenth-century literature in contemporary bindings. Abbey, Travel 255; Bobins V, 1679. .
Keywords: Costume Views Voyages and Travels
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Title: Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway-
Description: London: J. Bohn, 1835. With Eighteen Plates of Scandinavia of which Five are Hand Colored BRETON, William Henry. Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway- London: J. Bohn, [1835]. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 133mm.). [viii], [1]-354 pp. Lithographed frontispiece, vignette title and 16 lithographed plates, of which five are hand-colored illustrations of costumes. The rest of the plates are on India paper, mounted, one of which is double-page, folding lithographed map at end. Bound by Rivière ca. 1900 in full speckled calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt, two red morocco labels lettered in gilt, gilt board edges, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. With the armorial bookplate of John Sheepshanks on the front paste-down and the engraved bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst on the free endpaper. An excellent example. William Henry Breton (1799-1887) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy who wrote the memoirs Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia and Van Dieman's Land, during the years 1830, 1831,1832 and 1833, first published in 1833 and Scandinavian Sketches, or, A Tour in Norway, published in 1835. The books resulted from private visits to Australia, or New Holland as it was then known, in 1829-30 and 1832-33 and to Norway, Sweden and Russia in 1834. On his return to Britain, he published Scandinavian Sketches, a travel narrative that struck his contemporaries for its open-mindedness and observational detail while the finely-executed plates conveyed the drama of the Scandinavian landscape. John Sheepshanks (1787–1863), British manufacturer and art collector, was born in Leeds, and became a partner in his father's business as a cloth manufacturer. Sheepshanks collected pictures, mainly by British artists, and in 1857 presented his notable collection to the nation. These are at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, which no longer observes all the conditions which he attached to the gift. He retired from business in 1833 and died a bachelor in 1863. Robert J. Hayhurst inherited and improved a successful group of retail pharmacies, John Hayhurst & Son, based in Nelson, Lancashire. He was a keen collector of naval history and of eighteenth-century literature in contemporary bindings. Abbey, Travel 255; Bobins V, 1679. .
Keywords: Costume Views Voyages and Travels
Price: US$ 1650.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05900
- Book number: 05900
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