Author: Samuel Ireland
Title: Picturesque Views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity of Its Source in Sussex
Description: London, T. and J. Egerton, 1793 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Samuel Ireland's beautifully illustrated views of the River Medway, with vibrant colour plates throughout. The first edition. Bound in a lovely full calf. Wonderfully illustrated with twenty-eight vibrant hand-coloured aquatints, created by Ireland after his own drawings. Collated, complete. With an additional illustrated title page. Written and illustrated by English author and engraver, Samuel Ireland, who was known for his topographical printmaking, compiling six books of views during the course of his life. With the pencil inscription of George Hammon Sullivan to page V and the bookplate of Rollins College Library, as a gift from Sullivan, to the front blank. Bound in full calf. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to the extremities and joints, causing a small crack to the head of the front joint. Bookplate to the verso of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Pencil inscription to page V. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Samuel Ireland River Medway colour plates views River Medway river Not Stated


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