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Publicado por Wildenstein, London, 1987
Librería: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, Reino Unido
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Paper Wrappers. Condición: V.g. 1st edition. 43pp, index. Thirty-six full page illustrations by Batty. An exhibition catalogue May 20th-June 12th 1987. A trifle rubbed to the covers. Size: 4to.
Año de publicación: 2023
Librería: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1820 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 208 Language: English.
Publicado por Wildenstein, London, 1987
Librería: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, Reino Unido
PAPERBACK. Condición: VERY GOOD. 1987. Wildenstein, London. Softback. Book-VG+. 45pp. 36 sepia illustrations of Paris by Captain Robert Batty of the Grenadier Guards. Each of the sepia illustrations was captioned by Captain Batty and were done in 1819. They were engraved as illustrations for a book. He fought in the Spanish war and at Waterloo. This is a catalogue produced for an exhibition shown May 20-June 12 1987.
Año de publicación: 2023
Librería: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1826 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 266 Language: English,French.
Año de publicación: 2022
Librería: S N Books World, Delhi, India
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Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1823 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 268 Language: English Volume c.1 Pages: 268 Volume c.1.
Año de publicación: 2023
Librería: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condición: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from , edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 395.
Año de publicación: 2022
Librería: S N Books World, Delhi, India
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Leatherbound. Condición: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1822 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 396 Language: English Volume 1 Pages: 396 Volume 1.
Publicado por London: Robert Jennings, 1826., 1826
Librería: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Full calf with decoration in gilt and blind, raised bands, top board is detached, major erosion on the spine, some discoloration and rubbing. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown, contemporary signatures in the prelims. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and mostly clean.
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition; large 8vo; [viii], 35 steel engraved plates, each with accompanying leaf of text, some light foxing. Contemporary half morocco with marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed at extremities but overall a handsome (Large Paper?) copy. With the engraved bookplate of Oswell Macleay, MA.
Publicado por Ken Trotman Ltd, Great Britain, 1981
ISBN 10: 0853685096ISBN 13: 9780853685098
Librería: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint of the Second Edition. Hand-numbered copy #123 of 200. vii, 162 pages. Several fold-out tables at back. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. A facsimile reprint of the second edition, published in 1820. Light foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. A high-quality copy.
Publicado por John Murray, Albermarle-Street, London, 1823
Librería: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
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No Binding. Condición: Very Good. Batty Captain Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Tall 12mo, 1st ed, 35 pls, VG. In brown morocco, decorative blind and gilt tooling, title in gilt to center, corners and edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, no title, decorative blind tooling with some gilt, edges worn. Internally, board edges and turn-ins with decorative gilt tooling, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Charles G Graves to fpd, not paginated, lacks half title, [5], (viii only), [2], followed by 35 plates each with a leaf of descriptive text, printed on one side only, marbled text block edges. 19.5*12.5 cm, uncommon in this size. (Lowndes 2200. Anderson 336. Hotten2) Batty, army officer and artist, wrote and illustrated topographical books about the scenery of France (1822); Germany (1823); Wales (1823); Hanover, Saxony, and Denmark (1828); and India; and Select Views of the Principal Cities of Europe (1830?33), to namer but a few. See ODNB.
Publicado por RODWELL & MARTIN LONDON, 1822
Librería: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, Estados Unidos de America
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to hardcover volume in falling apart library binding. Library marks including perf on title page. 64 plates are very good with no markings or foxing. Selling for the plate value. Text in English and French.
Publicado por R Jennings, London, 1825
Librería: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Robert Batty Ilustrador. Later. VG, 1825, 35 pls. In brown contemporary cloth, corners and edges a little bumped and worn. Modern buckram spine, with original title in gilt to green leather label, laid down. Internally, half title, title, followed by 35 engravings by Batty, each with its own paper guard and leaf of descriptive text, not paginated, some light foxing, modern endpapers. (281*190 mm). Batty a Captain with the Grenadier Guards, become an ensign in the 1st (Grenadier) guards on 14 January 1813, Batty served with its 1st battalion towards the end of the Peninsular War, notably at the blockade of Bayonne, before embarking for England from Bordeaux on 23 July 1814. During the duke of Wellington's 1815 campaign in the Netherlands, he fought with the 3rd battalion at Quatre Bras on 16 June. Approaching Bossu Wood, from which the French could outflank the main British position at the nearby crossroads, the guards fixed bayonets and attacked. Thick trees dispersed the men and the enemy ?contested every bush but [they] could not resist us?, despite ?tremendous? losses inflicted by their cavalry, as the British emerged from cover (Brett-James, 56?7). See ODNB for a full Bio.
Publicado por RODWELL & MARTIN LONDON, 1822
Librería: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. HARDBACK BOUND IN A 19th CENTURY HALF LEATHER BINDING, SIXTY FIVE FULL PAGE ENGRAVINGS OF FRANCE (complete copy) MARBLED ENDPAPERS, BOOKPLATE OF GEORGE HEAD HEAD (MAYOR, BANKER, MAGISTRATE OF CARLISLE). TEXT PAGES ACCOMPANY EACH ENGRAVING, TEXT IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 12 x 9 INCHES. AN EX LIBRARY COPY WITH THE OCCASIONAL SMALL LIBRARY STAMP TO MARGINS OF PAGES (see Image) RUBBING TO LEATHER ON EDGES OF SPINE, NUMBER AND LETTER TO BASE OF SPINE, MINOR PEELING TO LEATHER MOSTLY TO CORNERS, CORNERS BUMPED, HEAVY FOXING TO FRONT ENDPAPERS, TITLE PAGE AND LAST ENGRAVNG, MAJORITY OF ENGRAVNGS DO HAVE VARYING DEGREES OF FOXING MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE, MAJORITY OF TEXT PAGES PRETTY CLEAN. OVERALL A FEW CONDITION ISSUES BUT STILL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS WILL APPLY TO OVERSEA's ORDERS.
Publicado por Rodwell & Martin, London, 1822
Librería: Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Alemania
1 Titel- und 54 (von 64) Stahlstiche von Robert Wallis, S. Lacey, Charles Heath, John Rolfe, E. I. Roberts, Edward Finden. Inkunabel des Stahlstichs. kl. 4, Halbledereinbd. mit goldgeprägtem Titel und Buntpapierauskleidung, Kopfgoldschnitt, ohne Paginierung. - Titelgrafik stockfleckig, Stiche an den Randzonen teilw. ebenfalls stockfleckig. Buch.
Publicado por Ken Trotman / Lionel Leventhal Ltd., London, 1983
ISBN 10: 0853685967ISBN 13: 9780853685968
Librería: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Libro
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Batty, Captain Robert Ilustrador. Facsimile Reprint. Hand-numbered copy #123 of 250. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 first edition. "Illustrated by a detailed plan of the operations, and numerous plates of moutain and river scenery." - title page. Fold-out map at title page. "The history of European warfare affords few examples of battles which have been more important in their results, or more brilliant in their achievement, than that of Vitoria. The campaign too which preceded it was distinguished by a series of the most able manoeuvres, compelling the enemy to retreat from the frontiers of Portugal to a defensive position behind the Ebro, without being able to oppose the allies in any general action. Thus, in the short space of one month, the influence which the French had held over the Peninsula, during several years, was brought to a fatal crisis." - pages 1-2. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy.
Publicado por John Murray, London: Albermarle-Street., 1823
Librería: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. BATTY Capt Ilustrador. First Edition. 1st ed, VG, 35 pls. In modern half tree calf, marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling, titles in gilt to calf labels. Internally, half title, [7], (viii) only, not paginated but 35 plates accompanied by 35 leaves of descriptive text, plates are mostly signed in pencil to verso by the initials of Francis Darby, text leaves watermarked 1822, some very light water marks to some margins, new endpapers, bookplate of Francis Darby loose (possibly 1783-1850). (Anderson 336). Batty eventually became a Colonel in the Royal Artillery working in India, Gibraltar, etc. His engravings, though small are very finely executed. A lovely copy! See ODNB.
Publicado por Published by Rodwell & Martin, New Bond Street, London -1821. 1820., 1820
Librería: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
30 Fine plates 11½'' x 9'' bound together in hard back binding, all page edges gilt. Consisting of: Paris From Montmarte, Fall of the Rhone, Notre Dame Paris, Paris on the Seine, and other French country and Paris scenes. Foxing to reverse of each plate with light foxing to the surfaces, front board detached. Member of the P.B.F.A. FRANCE [Literature & History).
Publicado por Rodwell & Martin, London, 1822
Librería: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: fair. First edition. Large quarto. Unpaginated. Handsome gilt-tooled red morocco with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title page. Exquisite collection of 62 stunning steel engravings (of 64) with descriptions in English and French. The splendid plates which depict Parisian views and monuments, as well as other notable French landmarks have been engraved by some of the most celebrated engravers of the time: Charles Askey, Edward Blore, George James Corbould, J. C. Edwards, Edward Francis Finden, Edward Goodall, Charles Heath, Samuel Lacey, J. Lacy, Henry Le Kreux, Samuel Mitan, Samuel Porter, Edward John Roberts, John Rolph, Robert Wallis, and Charles Westwood. Age wear on binding with covers detached but present. Moderate rubbing along edges. Engraved title page slightly foxed. Minor and sporadic foxing along edges of plates (not affecting image). 2 plates missing ("Notre Dame," and "The Royal Bridge, or Bridge of the Thuilleries"). Binding in overall poor to fair, interior in good+ to very good condition.
Publicado por Rodwell & Martin Londes, 1822
Librería: A Balzac A Rodin, Paris, Francia
Libro
Couverture souple. Condición: Bon. br couv. rig. reliure éditeur plein maroquin vert 19,5x29,7cm np. texte anglais frontispice et 65pl. ill. n&b reliure: extérieur parfait intérieur restauré pages et gravues très bonnes.
Librería: Librairie Girard-Talec, Fontenay-sous-bois, Francia
Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon. London, Rodwell & Martin, 1822. In-4, reliure d'éditeur en plein maroquin vert, richement ornée de filets dorés, dos à 5 nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tranches dorées, roulette dorée sur les coupes, deux petites galeries de vers sur le premier plat, quelques frottements au dos et quelques marques marginales sur les plats. Page de titre gravée (piédestal de la colonne de la place Vendôme), 64 planches en noir gravées sur acier, sous serpente, accompagnées d?un texte explicatif en anglais et en français, rousseurs éparses dans les marges, serpentes brunies, page de titre en impression claire. Table des gravures en début d'ouvrage. Le capitaine Robert Batty était un officier anglais et un artiste. Ex-libris manuscrit page de garde. Première édition. Bien complet de ses 64 planches gravées sur acier, bon exemplaire.
Publicado por Rodwell & Martin, London, 1823
Librería: Antiquariat Lastovka GbR, Freilassing, Alemania
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Hardcover. Condición: Befriedigend. Darstellung besonderer Plätze oder Ansichten in Deutschland und Österreich des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Nach Bildern von Robert Batty als Stahlstiche ganzseitig dargestellt. - 8°gr.( 25 x 16,5 cm), Ldr., nicht paginiert, Sprache englisch und französisch, ( 3Bll. + 120 Textseiten + 60 ganzseitige Abbildungen + 1 gest. Titel + 1 gest Frontispiz ). Ledereinband mit Gebrauchsspuren, Vorsätze marmoriert mit Wappen-Exlibris (Elizabeth Meux). Dreiseitiger Goldschnitt berieben. Alle Abbildungen durch Seidenhemdchen geschützt, trotzdem zahlreiche Stiche etwas stockfleckig oder randgebräunt.
Publicado por London: Rodwell & Martin, 1823
Librería: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. London: Rodwell & Martin, 1823, First Edition. Half leather binding, gilt titles, raised bands, marbled paste downs and end papers. Title page engraved on steel with a view and 61 plates engraved on steel by Heath, Lacey, Owen, etc. (drawings by Batty himself taken live) depicting some of the major locations in southern Germany and Austria (Ulm, Augsburg, Munich, Wasserburg, Salzburg, Linz, Vienna, Presburg, Nuremberg, etc.). Each table is accompanied by unnumbered text, imprinted on the front in English and on the reverse in French. Unpaginated. Approximately 11 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine fair condition gilt titles, 5 raised bands, damage to the first, third and fourth compartments, worn top and tail. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners fair condition bumped and worn with some loss. Boards good condition half leather boards with gilt fillet, some loss to the leather corners, general signs of wear and tear for the age. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact. Paste downs good condition marbled. End papers good condition marbled, subsequent end papers tanned and foxed. Title good condition engraved title page, tanned and foxed. Pages good condition half title present, dedication page, 61 plates with text description on the facing page, pages are not numbered, tanned and foxed throughout, including to the border of the plates. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1823 Binding: Hardback.
Publicado por John Murray, London: Albermarle-Street, 1823
Librería: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. BATTY Captain Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 70 steel engravings VG, First edition, 1823, large India paper copy, in contemporary black long grain half morocco, some gilt tooling, over red marbled boards, some short tears, corners & edge a little bumped & worn, Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, viii, followed by 35 leaves of descriptive text, each leaf accompanied by 2 plates (1 plate with no lettering, & 1 plate with lettering & date 1823), for a total of 70 plates (only 35 called for), marbled endpapers, t.e.g., remainder uncut, some occasional light edge browning & spotting, engraved by Edward Finden after Captain Batty. Text leaves watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mills 1822. (301*223 mm). Wales was the subject of one of the earliest books with steel engravings. The art historian Samuel Redgrave thought highly of him (Batty) his industry was great, his works carefully and truthfully drawn, his architecture correct in proportion and outlines and his merits as a topographical draftsman deserves recognition. (Anderson 336. Lowndes 1615).
Publicado por Rodwell & Martin, London, 1822
Original o primera edición
Leather. Condición: Very Good. None Ilustrador. First edition. An uncommon first edition of Batty's French Scenery. First Edition. This work is in English and French. With armorial nameplates for Edward Langford and Richard Leir to the front endpapers. 64 Plates. Collated, complete. Colonel Robert Batty, d.1848, was an English army officer and artist. He travelled to Italy for a brief period, and then studied at Caius College, Cambridge. Batty obtained at MB in 1813, but did not practice. Becoming an ensign in the Grenadier guards in 1813, Batty served with the 1st battalion, including at the battle of Waterloo. In 1822 he was elected FRS. He sold his commission in 1839. Batty compiled and illustrated accounts of his active service, and then illustrated topographical books on several European countries, and India. These were published throughout his time with the army. "Between 1825 and 1832 he occasionally exhibited at the Royal Academy. He suffered from paralysis, but painted until within a few weeks of his death." (DNB) Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. There is some mild wear to the extremities, including some mild bumping and rubbing. Internally the pages are generally bright with intermittent scattered spotting. Very Good. book.
Publicado por John Murray, London: Albermarle-Street, 1823
Librería: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, Reino Unido
Libro Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. BATTY Captain Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 70 plates ie 35 steel engraving each in 2 states VG+, Large India Paper copy, First edition, 1823, in brown morocco cloth, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped, short tear at base. Internally, half title, viii, followed by 35 leaves of descriptive text, watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mills 1822, each leaf accompanied by 2 plates (mostly with guards, 1 plate with no lettering, & 1 plate with lettering & date 1823), for a total of 70 plates,(only 35 called for), engraved by Edward Finden after Captain Batty, edges uncut, occasional light edge browning & spot, 2 book labels to fpd (Peter Bicknell & the armorial plate of JB Winterbotham) along with a bookseller label at base (William George's Son)FPD. (303*221 mm). A really clean, tight and interesting example. Wales was the subject of one of the earliest books with steel engravings. The art historian Samuel Redgrave thought highly of him (Batty) his industry was great, his works carefully and truthfully drawn, his architecture correct in proportion and outlines and his merits as a topographical draftsman deserves recognition. (Anderson 336. Lowndes 1615).
Publicado por John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London, 1823
Librería: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
First edition. First edition. Thirty-five engraved plates on INDIA PAPER by Edward Finden after Batty. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. 4to. India Paper Proof Copy. Near-contemporary quarter morocco and cloth sides, "Percival" stamped in gilt at foot of spine, a.e.g. Bumping to corners, spine slightly faded, marginal foxing on plate 28, otherwise fine Thirty-five engraved plates on INDIA PAPER by Edward Finden after Batty. Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars. 4to.
Publicado por Robert Jennings, London, 1826
Librería: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
FIRST EDITION. 305 x 241 mm. (12 x 9 1/2"). 5 p.l. (including engraved title), [60] leaves. Handsome contemporary dark green half morocco over moss green straight-grain buckram, wide raised bands decorated with plain and decorative gilt rules, spine lavishly gilt in compartments with leafy volute cornerpieces and a large and intricate central ornament composed of lilies, leaves, and small tools radiating from a central circlet, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt (joints and morocco corners artfully renewed). WITH 62 EXCELLENT ENGRAVED SCENIC PLATES PRINTED ON CHINA PAPER and mounted, the engravings after drawings by Batty and featuring city views, river vistas, and ruins. Descriptive text leaves printed in English (on the recto facing the engravings) and in French (on the verso). Hunnisett, p. 133; Houfe, p. 228. â Spine just slightly sunned, title page and four other plates somewhat foxed (mainly in the margins), occasional minor foxing elsewhere, a hint of offsetting from plates, otherwise quite a fine copy, the handsome binding solid and with bright gilt, and the text and plates generally very clean and fresh. With his usual charm, skill, and precision, Batty here illustrates scenes from the Rhineland and the Netherlands. Ruined castles alternate with minutely rendered lacy gothic cathedrals; placid lakeside scenes contrast with views of neat and prosperous town squares; and there is an appealing mix of rural and urban, of sun and storm. In the foreground, ladies and gentlemen, peasants, soldiers, and boatmen give life to the pictures. And as in his other illustrated books, the carefully drawn scenes give an almost photographic impression of veracity, while still catering to the then prevailing British Romantic taste for the picturesque. The plates include views from Heidelberg, Wurzburg, Frankfurt, Andernach, Cologne, Tournay, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp, Utrecht, Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam, and others. Robert Batty (d. 1848) went to Italy at 15 to study art, returned to England to enroll at Cambridge, and served as an officer at Waterloo. He then undertook the publication of books which he himself illustrated, including records of his campaigns. His most famous works are the ones--like the present item--which illustrate the scenery of various countries or regions. Hunnisett says that he was the most celebrated of the amateur topographical artists whose work found its way into print at the time, while Redgrave says that "his industry was great" and his scenes "carefully and truthfully drawn." Ours is the eighth of 11 scenic books he published during the years 1815-32; the books, covering Wales and most of northern continental Europe, were issued by the best publishers and done in conjunction with the leading engravers of the time. These books are generally available, but copies are seldom as pretty and well preserved as the present one.
Publicado por Rodwell & Martin, London, 1823
Librería: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Full Morocco Leather. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. Period full maroon morocco leather embossed with a gilt design on front board and on spine. Engraved title with vignette and 61 views engraved by Heath, Lacey, Owen and others after drawings by Batty. Rolled borders. Generel shelf wear else excellent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.