Author: ABBEY Major J. R.
Title: Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. From the Library of J.R. Abbey. A Bibliographical Catalogue. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
Description: Private Printed at the Curwen Press,, 1952. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 34 plates (original tissue guards present) and numerous illustrations in the text; original brown buckram, backstrip with red leather label framed and lettered in gilt, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 314). With the engraved armorial bookplate of Christopher Freville Huntley on front paste-down.

Keywords: bibliography, topography, abbey, abbey library, abbey collection, aquatint, lithography, chromolithography, major abbey


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