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RAMBLES IN THE BLACK FOREST.
Longmans, Green and Co., 1890. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. [vi] + 331pp. + 24pp. publishers catalogue. Signature of ‘E.G. Wilkinson September 1895’ to head of title page, original gilt and black lettered turquoise cloth, spine sl. bumped and darkened.
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ATHENS AND ATTICA: Notes of a Tour.
John Murray ..., 1855. 3rd. Ed. 251pp. Frontis., folding map, folding rubric letterpress, 2 plates, 2 folding plans (1 carelessly folded), ills. Blind stamp of D. Wyndham Smith to flyleaf, some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, prize calf binding with gilt rule edged boards and gilt device to upper board, minor marking, gilt tooled raised bands and gilt compartments with gilt lettered title label to spine.
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GREECE Pictorial, Descriptive & Historical. With Numerous Engravings Illustrative of the Scenery, Architecture, Costume and Fine Arts of That Country. And a History of the Characteristics of Greek Art by George Scharf.
John Murray, 1882. New Ed. Revised, With Notices of Recent Discoveries, by H.F. Tozer. Large 8vo. xxviii + 460pp. Frontis., additional engraved t.p., 19 engraved plates and maps, numerous wood engravings including some full page. Light browning, waterstain across head of some leaves, prize bookplate, inner gilt turn-ins, original blind ruled morocco with gilt armorial device to upper board, dec. gilt spine sl. sunned, corners sl. bumped, minor wear, a.e.g.
¶ Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), Bishop of Lincoln. ‘... He began to travel in Italy and Greece and made his mark in the field of inscriptions and exploration: in 1832 he went to Paestum and to Pompeii, where he was the first to decipher the graffiti. In Sicily he developed an interest in Theocritus, the subject of later writing in 1844. During a prolonged visit to Greece and the Ionian Islands he made a conjecture as to the site of Dodona which was later corroborated. He was the first Englishman to be presented to King Otho. Passing over the heights of Mount Parnes in deep snow, he and his party were attacked by brigands; Wordsworth was injured in the shoulder by a stiletto, but managed to escape capture Two books of a pictorial and descriptive kind on Greece (1839) and Athens and Attica (1836) followed his return ...’ ODNB
¶ Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), Bishop of Lincoln. ‘... He began to travel in Italy and Greece and made his mark in the field of inscriptions and exploration: in 1832 he went to Paestum and to Pompeii, where he was the first to decipher the graffiti. In Sicily he developed an interest in Theocritus, the subject of later writing in 1844. During a prolonged visit to Greece and the Ionian Islands he made a conjecture as to the site of Dodona which was later corroborated. He was the first Englishman to be presented to King Otho. Passing over the heights of Mount Parnes in deep snow, he and his party were attacked by brigands; Wordsworth was injured in the shoulder by a stiletto, but managed to escape capture Two books of a pictorial and descriptive kind on Greece (1839) and Athens and Attica (1836) followed his return ...’ ODNB
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GREECE: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical.
William S. Orr and Co., 1840. Large 8vo. xxvii + 356pp. Engraved frontis., additional engraved t.p., 26 engraved plates, numerous ills. Some light browning, contemporary double gilt rule edged morocco, gilt lettering and detail to head and tail of spine, corners and spine rubbed, some surface loss to spine, a.e.g.
¶ First published in 1839. Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), bishop of Lincoln. ODNB ‘... He began to travel in Italy and Greece and made his mark in the field of inscriptions and exploration: in 1832 he went to Paestum and to Pompeii, where he was the first to decipher the graffiti ... During a prolonged visit to Greece and the Ionian Islands he made a conjecture as to the site of Dodona which was later corroborated. He was the first Englishman to be presented to King Otho ... Two books of a pictorial and descriptive kind on Greece ... [including the above] followed his return ...’
¶ First published in 1839. Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), bishop of Lincoln. ODNB ‘... He began to travel in Italy and Greece and made his mark in the field of inscriptions and exploration: in 1832 he went to Paestum and to Pompeii, where he was the first to decipher the graffiti ... During a prolonged visit to Greece and the Ionian Islands he made a conjecture as to the site of Dodona which was later corroborated. He was the first Englishman to be presented to King Otho ... Two books of a pictorial and descriptive kind on Greece ... [including the above] followed his return ...’
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FRANCE Illustrated, Exhibiting Its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. Drawings by Thomas Allom.
Fisher, Son & Co., 1845-47. 3 vols. [only, see note]. 4to. 64pp. Additional engraved t.ps., 93 engraved plates. Some light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary gilt rule edged half calf with marbled boards, rubbed, gilt ruling and gilt lettering to spine.
¶ Illustrations: full-page steel etchings, including engraved title pages after John Allom, by various engravers including J.C. Bentley, A. Wilmore, H. Adlard, J.H. Le Keux, J. Cousen, J.B. Allen, T. Turnbull, S. Fisher, S. Bradshaw, M.J. Starling and J. Carter A fourth volume, translated from Jules Janin's L'e´te´ a` Paris and Un hiver a` Paris, with illustrations after Eugene Lami, was issued with title page reading: France illustrated: comprising a summer and winter in Paris ... Supplemental Volume IV. London : Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son & Co. ; Paris : H. Mandeville.
¶ Illustrations: full-page steel etchings, including engraved title pages after John Allom, by various engravers including J.C. Bentley, A. Wilmore, H. Adlard, J.H. Le Keux, J. Cousen, J.B. Allen, T. Turnbull, S. Fisher, S. Bradshaw, M.J. Starling and J. Carter A fourth volume, translated from Jules Janin's L'e´te´ a` Paris and Un hiver a` Paris, with illustrations after Eugene Lami, was issued with title page reading: France illustrated: comprising a summer and winter in Paris ... Supplemental Volume IV. London : Peter Jackson, late Fisher, Son & Co. ; Paris : H. Mandeville.
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AN ARCHITECTS NOTE-BOOK IN SPAIN Principally Illustrating the Domestic Architecture of That Country.
Autotype Fine Art Co., N.d. c.[1872]. 1st Ed. Sm. thick royal 8vo. xx + 236pp. 100 plates. Light browning, modern e.ps., original gilt and blind tooled maroon cloth, recased, spine faded and repaired, t.e.g.
¶ Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820–1877) architect and writer on art.
¶ Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820–1877) architect and writer on art.
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IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS. Translated by Olwyn Grimshaw.
Ernest Press, 1992. 1st UK Ed. Sm. 4to. xxviii + 378pp. Port. frontis., profusely ills. Original gilt lettered buckram with gilt and silver ills. to upper board, in slipcase, t.e.g.
¶ Original German issue in 1889 edited by R. Schulz. No. 208 of a Limited Edition of 300 Copies.
¶ Original German issue in 1889 edited by R. Schulz. No. 208 of a Limited Edition of 300 Copies.
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