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London, England: William S. Orr and Co, 1853. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. Nith Numerous Engravings on Wood and Steel, Illustrative of the Scener, Architecture, Costume, and Fine Arts of that Country, by Coply Fielding, F. Creswick, D. Cox, Jun., Harvey, Paul Huet, Meissonier, Sargent, Daubigny, Jaques, and Other Artists. London, 1853. "A New Edition, carefully revised". 15 years after the first, this new edition includes many more engravings and, for the first time, Scharf's history of Greek art. Thick quarto in full calf, tooled front board, and beveled edges, 6-panel spine, raised bands. Condition is good minus, light scuffing to edges of boards and spines with several surficial scrapes to both boards. The rear bottom corner is waterstained, affecting the bottom corner of the last 20 pages and 4 plates - not affecting text or illustrations. Minor narrow stain at bottom inside front corner, and title pages. In the Victorian travel book genre, an elaborate plate book with…
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Greece Pictorial, Descriptive and Historical
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London: William S. Orr and Co., Paternoster Row, 1840. Edition. 28 full page steel engravings and over 350 engravings on wood throughout the text by various artists. 356 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Bound in contemporary three quarters gilt morocco and marbled boards, a.e.g. Very clean and attractive. Edition. 28 full page steel engravings and over 350 engravings on wood throughout the text by various artists. 356 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo.
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- Format/Binding 28 full page steel engravings and over 350 engravings on wood throughout the text by various artists. 356 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo
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- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1840
- Keywords Greece | British
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GREECE,; Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical / By Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. / With Numerous Engravings Illustrative of the Scenery, Architecture, Costume, and Fine Arts of that Country. / and A History of the Characteristics of Greek Art, By George Scharf, F.S.A. Fifth Edition
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London: John Murray, 1868. Fifth Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped leather. Very Good. Engravings & woodcuts. Small quarto (9 7/8" x 6 3/4" x 1 7/8"), full red Morocco by Sotheran with five raised hubs on spine plus gilt lettering on spine and gilt detailing on borders & inner dentelles; profusely illustrated with B&W reproductions by prominent artists (Copley, Fielding, F. Creswick, D. Cox, Jun., Harvey, Paul Huet, Meissonier, Sargent, Daubigny, Jacques, et al.) of classical and period images: steel-engraved frontispiece & vignette on title page, 15 full-page steel-engraved plates (including 4 detailed maps), & more than 350 wood engravings including in-text elaborate headpieces & many vignettes; fore-edge B&W painting of the West End view of the Acropolis of Athens; all edges of pages gilded [a.e.g.]; xxiv + 452 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 11.4 oz. Christopher Wordsworth (1807 - 1885) was an English bishop of the Anglican Church, Master of Trinity, athlete,…
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