first edition Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards.
1819 · London
London: John Murray and W. B. Cooke, 1819. First Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards.. Large paper edition, and elephantine folio, 56.5 by 39 cm. With 133 leaves of plates, three of which are original drawings, and 53 of which are hand-colored, 25 of this subset full page hand-colored plates. Two plates, one hand-colored, are maps. One plate is folding, forming a three panel panorama. 58 of the leaves have two or more plates, with most of these having three plates. Condition: Binding is tight. Some offsetting, generally light and acceptable. Some plates foxed, and a small number, rather heavily. Most of the plates, and virtually all the hand-colored plates, are clean. A lovely, and unique copy, of this monumental viewbook.
(Inventory #: 007309)