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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)
by William Henry Pyne
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
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 custom 1/4 morocco slipcases (over marbled boards), all in beautiful condition.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20629
- Title
- 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)
- Author
- William Henry Pyne
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. Dry
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1819
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Folio
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- Fine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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