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Eccentric Excursions or Literary & Pictorial Sketches...
by WOODWARD GM (George Moutard 1760-1809)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
PAternoster Row, London: RS Kirby. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Isaac Cruikshank 1756?-1811?. Superbly bound in full red leather by Riviere, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn, the odd small mark. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & title, front joint a little rubbed. Internally, hand coloured frontis dated 1817 published by Allen & Co, engraved decorative titlepage, (iv), (v), 6-217 pp, [1] pl list, printed by M Allen, London, 100 B&W plates on 99 leaves, of which plates 1, 2 & 3 folding, text block edges marbled, not dated but the plates are dated 1796-1817, turn ins in decorative gilt tooling, bookplate of Charles Tennant, The Glen, (1823-1906 Scottish businessman, industrialist and Liberal politician) to fpd, no other inscriptions, A lovely copy of a very desirable and scarce title, the first edition was published in 1797 with fewer plates, this edition was published c1816. Woodward, caricaturist and author, Of whose books, the first and most celebrated was Eccentric Excursions, plates engraved by Isaac Cruikshank after his designs. Woodward's text describes an idiosyncratic ramble round the country and reveals an engaging personality. At least seven other books followed, all broadly humorous and without literary distinction, of which An Olio of Good Breeding (1801) is perhaps the best. See ODNB for a full Bio.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004383
- Title
- Eccentric Excursions or Literary & Pictorial Sketches...
- Author
- WOODWARD GM (George Moutard 1760-1809)
- Illustrator
- Isaac Cruikshank 1756?-1811?
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- RS Kirby
- Place of Publication
- PAternoster Row, London
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Weight
- 3.75 lbs
- Keywords
- Cruikshank Woodward Colour Plates Satire Sketches Topography Tour England Wales Travel Riviere
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books with Colour Plates; Comedy Humour Caricatures; Illustrations and more;
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