Leather_bound
1832 · London
by Roscoe, Thomas; Harding, J. D. (Illust.)
London: Jennings and Chaplin, 1832. Leather_bound. Good. Leather_bound. An admittedly worn but still complete and splendidly illustrated 1832 tour of Italy, featuring 25 dramatic and detailed plates of Italian land- and city-scapes, engraved from drawings by J. D. Harding.
8" X 5 1/4". ii, [ii], 286pp, [ii], plus 7 pages of ads. Bound in full green morocco leather over boards, sunned to brown, bordered in blind to both boards and lettered in gilt to spine. Rather heavy wear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, scattered rubbing and scratching, and hard rubbing to edges, with boards bared in places. All edges gilt. Both inner hinges exposed at flyleaf, and some gatherings proud. Binding remains quite firm and sound. Pencilled note to verso of front free endpaper and pencilled name to rear free. Binder's ticket of F. Westley of Friar Street to rear pastedown. Lacking tissue-guard to frontispiece; all other tissue-guards present. Illustrated in 25 dramatic and detailed plates of Italian land- and city-scapes, engraved from drawings by J. D. Harding. (Inventory #: 14182)
8" X 5 1/4". ii, [ii], 286pp, [ii], plus 7 pages of ads. Bound in full green morocco leather over boards, sunned to brown, bordered in blind to both boards and lettered in gilt to spine. Rather heavy wear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, scattered rubbing and scratching, and hard rubbing to edges, with boards bared in places. All edges gilt. Both inner hinges exposed at flyleaf, and some gatherings proud. Binding remains quite firm and sound. Pencilled note to verso of front free endpaper and pencilled name to rear free. Binder's ticket of F. Westley of Friar Street to rear pastedown. Lacking tissue-guard to frontispiece; all other tissue-guards present. Illustrated in 25 dramatic and detailed plates of Italian land- and city-scapes, engraved from drawings by J. D. Harding. (Inventory #: 14182)