Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, Etc. with a short description annexed to each plate.
WHYMPER, Josiah Wood (1813-1903).
Editorial: London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846.
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4to., (13 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches). 30 fine engraved plates with original hand color (very occasional spotting). Original publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt (hinges starting, extremities a bit worn). Provenance: With gift inscription to "Master Robert Healey" from "Rj Cuppagr." dated 1848 to recto of front free endpaper. First edition. With brilliantly hand-colored plates, mostly by Whymper. Whymper was an English wood engraver, book illustrator and watercolor painter who specialized in riverscapes. He was also well known for his fine engravings of animals, fish, and landscapes for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (as here). The plates were available individually in addition to the collected edition, which was published in 1846 and 1849. They were offered both colored and uncolored: below the publisher's imprint it states "Price 3/4d. Plain and 2d. Coloured." The plates include: "The Rainbow"; "The Aurora Borealis"; "The Geysers; or Boiling Springs of Iceland"; "Water Spouts"; "Glaciers"; "Icebergs"; "Caverns"; "Fingal's Cave"; "The Falls of Niagara"; "The Prairie on Fire"; " Halos"; "Coral Reefs"; "Natural Bridges"; "Monsoons"; "Snow Bridges"; "Rapids"; "Petrifying Springs"; "Air Volcanoes"; "The Dropping Well"; "Mountain Passes"; "Perforated Rocks"; "Glacier Tables"; "The Breaking Up of Ice-Floes"; "The Fata Morgana"; "The Ignis Fatuus; or, Will-o'-the-Wisp"; "Avalanches"; "Torrents of Mud"; "Whirlpools"; "Sand Storms"; and "Volcanoes.". N° de ref. del artículo 72MMS250
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Título: Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural ...
Editorial: London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846.
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Edición: 1ª Edición
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Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, ETC. With A Short Description Annexed To each Plate.
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Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, London: sold at the depository, 77, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and 4, Royal Exchange, 1846
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. WHIMPER J.W. or WHYMPER Josiah Wood Ilustrador. 1st Edition. [1846]. First edition, in the publishers marked, embossed brown cloth, gilt titles. corners bumped. Carefully respined, printed paper titles. Internally, not paginated, but title leaf followed by 30 leaves of Phenomena's, depicted in numbered & hand coloured illustration with a descriptive text below, blank to versos. (337*276 mm). Nº de ref. del artículo: 007828
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Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, Etc. with a short description annexed to each plate.
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London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846., 1846
Antiguo o usado
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Original o primera edición
Librería: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
4to., (13 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches). 30 fine engraved plates with original hand color (very occasional spotting). Original publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt (foot of the spine worn, a few pale stains). First edition. With brilliantly hand-colored plates, mostly by Whymper. Whymper was an English wood engraver, book illustrator and watercolor painter who specialized in riverscapes. He was also well known for his fine engravings of animals, fish, and landscapes for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (as here). The plates were available individually in addition to the collected edition, which was published in 1846 and 1849. They were offered both colored and uncolored: below the publisher's imprint it states "Price 3/4d. Plain and 2d. Coloured." The plates include: "The Rainbow"; "The Aurora Borealis"; "The Geysers; or Boiling Springs of Iceland"; "Water Spouts"; "Glaciers"; "Icebergs"; "Caverns"; "Fingal's Cave"; "The Falls of Niagara"; "The Prairie on Fire"; " Halos"; "Coral Reefs"; "Natural Bridges"; "Monsoons"; "Snow Bridges"; "Rapids"; "Petrifying Springs"; "Air Volcanoes"; "The Dropping Well"; "Mountain Passes"; "Perforated Rocks"; "Glacier Tables"; "The Breaking Up of Ice-Floes"; "The Fata Morgana"; "The Ignis Fatuus; or, Will-o'-the-Wisp"; "Avalanches"; "Torrents of Mud"; "Whirlpools"; "Sand Storms"; and "Volcanoes.". Nº de ref. del artículo: 72MMS339
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