Author: SHAW (Henry)
Title: Specimens of Tile Pavements Drawn from Existing Authorities.
Description: London: Basil M. Pickering, 1858. First edition, folio (325 x 255 mm), [22]pp., including list of subscribers, 47 fine chromolithographed plates (3 being double-page), orig. boards, calf rebacked with morocco label lettered in gilt. A rare and finely illustrated Pickering work showing specimens from recently excavated sites, these include Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Jervaulx Abbey, York, Whitland Abbey, Carmarthenshire, Castle Acre, Norfolk, etc.

Keywords: APPLIED ARTS COLOURED PLATE BOOKS TILES PICKERING PUBLICATION TEXTILES