Author: Charles Cordiner
Title: Remarkable Ruins, and Romantic Prospects, of North Britain
Description: London, I & J. Taylor, 1788-1795 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of the romantic scenery of the North of England, and Scotland. The first edition of this work, with two volumes bound in one. With an engraved title page to volume I, but without the title page to volume II.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and ninety-five engraved plates. Collated, complete.With plates engraved by Irish painter and engraver Peter Mazell, known for his fine engravings of natural history subjects.Plates are accompanied by descriptions from Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary Charles Cordiner. ESTC T154213A beautifully illustrated study of the scenery and natural history of Scotland. In a cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip and perimeters of rear board. Hinges strained, and a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, and generally clean. Light tide marks to heads of majority of plates. Good . Ill.: Peter Mazell. Good .
Keywords: romantic ruins british history architecture peter mazell british history Peter Mazell
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Title: Remarkable Ruins, and Romantic Prospects, of North Britain
Description: London, I & J. Taylor, 1788-1795 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautifully illustrated study of the romantic scenery of the North of England, and Scotland. The first edition of this work, with two volumes bound in one. With an engraved title page to volume I, but without the title page to volume II.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and ninety-five engraved plates. Collated, complete.With plates engraved by Irish painter and engraver Peter Mazell, known for his fine engravings of natural history subjects.Plates are accompanied by descriptions from Scottish Episcopal clergyman and antiquary Charles Cordiner. ESTC T154213A beautifully illustrated study of the scenery and natural history of Scotland. In a cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip and perimeters of rear board. Hinges strained, and a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, and generally clean. Light tide marks to heads of majority of plates. Good . Ill.: Peter Mazell. Good .
Keywords: romantic ruins british history architecture peter mazell british history Peter Mazell
Price: GBP 375.00 = appr. US$ 535.49 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 898F40
- Book number: 898F40
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