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1819. First Edition . PYNE, William Henry. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House and Frogmore. London: A. Dry, 1819. Three volumes. Folio (11 by 13-1/2 inches), contemporary full straight-grain plum morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers, all edges gilt. Each volume housed in a custom cloth chemise and slipcase. $17,500.First edition of this beautifully illustrated work on the design and history of eight royal residences, with 100 hand-colored aquatint plates after the works of Charles Wild, James Stephanoff and othersa lovely copy in full straight-grain morocco-gilt.Artist and author William Pyne began his career as a watercolorist, but following several successful collaborations with well-known publisher Rudolph Ackermann, he ""became enamored of book production"" and undertook this ambitious, ""large and costly work entitled The History of the Royal Residences
a very sumptuous book for which author, artist, engraver and publisher alike did their best"" (Prideaux, 143). Pyne wrote the text and called upon some of his day's most prominent artists to produce this invaluable record of such palatial residences as Carlton House, demolished in 1827, and the luxurious rooms within Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace and other royal homes, many of which were later redesigned. Accomplished watercolorist Charles Wild contributed 59 of the 100 illustrations, displaying an ""extraordinary richness of color"" (Ray 42). Abbey Scenery 396. Tooley 389. Engraved bookplate of Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, long-standing and high-ranking official in the East India Company. ""His 34 years of service in India were crowned, soon after his return to England, by election to the East India Company's court of directors
In his Lives of Indian Officers (1867), J. W. Kaye described him as 'the ubiquitous Edmonstone, one of the most valuable officials and far-seeing statesmen which the Indian civil service has ever produced'"" (ODNB). Morocco-gilt bookplate of Annie Burr Jennings (1855-1939), New York philanthropist, bibliophile, and heir to a Standard Oil fortune, with her monogram and motto, ""otium sine literis mors est"" (leisure without literature is death). Bookplate of Helen Hanle Madison affixed to chemises.Only occasional light foxing to text, plates clean and fine, hand-coloring vibrant. Joints expertly repaired, Volume I text block expertly resewn, gilt bright. A beautifully bound, near-fine copy of this splendidly illustrated work.
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The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore; 2
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The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore; v.3
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The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House (in 3 Folio Volumes and Including a Handwritten Letter from the Author)
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London: A. Dry, 1819. Full leather. Near Fine. ****IN A CONTERMPORARY CATHEDRAL BINDING, WITH 100 DELICATE HAND-COLORED PLATES****. The 1819 1st edition, complete with its 100 lovely hand-colored aquatints. Three sumptuous folio volumes, in wonderful condition, each bound in a contemporary-to-the-period full-maroon morocco. Highly decorated, with seven rolls in gilt and blind on each upper and lower cover, all edges gilt. A large cathedral stamped in gilt on each cover as well. Occasional offsetting from plates to adjacent text pages, occasional light foxing, hinges a bit rubbed but still perfectly sturdy. Decorative bookplates at each front pastedown and front free endpaper. The subtlety of the coloring of the plates and the majesty of the subject matter make this one of the great works of the Regency period. Tipped onto the front flyleaf of Vol. I is a 1 pg. ALS dated 1818, a large 4to from the author W.H. Pyne, discussing a plate for an engraving (not from this work). The set is housed in 3…
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The History Of The Royal Residences Of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, And Frogmore
by PYNE, W[illiam] H[enry] [1769-1843]
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London: Printed For A.Dry., L.Harrison, Printer, 1819., 1819. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., ii, [1 leaf], 188, [1 leaf], 21; 3 p.l., 88, [1 leaf], 28, [1 leaf], 88; 3 p.l., 80, [1 leaf], 92, 16. 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates. 1 wood-engraved vignette. text watermarked 1811-17, plates 1816. contemporary straight-grained maroon morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind, gilt backs, all edges gilt (Vol. III front joint expertly repaired, corners bumped). First Edition. A fine copy of this sumptuous work, written by Pyne and illustrated with one hundred richly hand-coloured views of royal residences, engraved by T.Sutherland, W.J.Bennett, R.Reeve, D.Havell, & J.Bailey, after drawings by C.Wild, J.Stephanoff, R.Cattermole, W.Westall, & G.Samuel. There are several exterior views but the majority of the plates show the elegant decoration and furnishing of the interiors. The description and twenty-four plates of Carlton House, London home of the Prince Regent (later George IV) are of…
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