Author: Paul Amsinck
Title: Tunbridge Wells, and Its Neighbourhood, Illustrated by a Series of Etchings and Historical Descriptions
Description: London, William Miller , 1810. First edition. Leather. First edition of this large paper volume dedicated to Tunbridge Wells and its neighbourhood, adorned with etchings by Letitia Byrne. First edition of this work. A large paper volume exploring the hamlet of Tunbridge Wells, celebrating its natural scenery, character, and history. Written by Paul Amsinck. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirty-further full page plates of beautiful etchings as well as engraved in-text vignettes by Letitia Byrne. Collated, complete. Rebound in half morocco binding over marbled boards, with marbled edges and endpapers. Externally sound with shelf wear, chipped and rubbed to extremities of spine and boards, boards lightly marked. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to leaves of plates affecting only odd leaf, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Illustrated with thirty-one full page plates of etchings and numerous vignettes in text. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Letitia Byrne. Very Good .

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