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London, Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman 1835.. ANSICHTENWERK - 22 x 14 cm. Gest. Schmucktitelbl. mit Stahlstich-Vignette, 3 Bl., 258 S., 19 Stahlstich-Tafeln unter Seidenhemdchen, Text in engl. Sprache, Orig.-Lederband mit goldgepr. Rückentitel, umlauf. Goldschnitt. Ecken berieben, Aussengelenke rissig, ob. Kapital lädiert Brunet V, 979 ; Rawlinson 432 ff. - Das Werk war ursprünglich als Reiseführer für Damschiff-Passagiere gedacht. Fein ausgeführte Stahlstichansichten zeigen u.a. Chateau Gaillard, Vernon, Mantes, Saint Denis, Saint Cloud, Paris (5). Nagler (Künstlerlexikon XXI,388) lobt die ausgezeichneten Stahlstiche nach Turner von Willmore, Branchard, Fisher u.a. "... meisterhaft gestochene Bilder, von großem Reize.."

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1833. 1st Edition . Hardcover. See Description. Joseph Mallord William Turner. Royal 8vo. 3 volumes of "Turner's annual tour" series (about 24 cm each). "Wanderings by the Loire" (1833) pp. [8], 256, with 21 steel engravings including extra illustrated title page. "Wanderings by the Seine" (1834) pp. [8], 256, with 20 steel engravings including extra illustrated title page. "Wanderings by the Seine from Rouen to the source" (1835) pp. [6], 258, with 20 steel engravings including extra illustrated title page. All engravings are after drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), the English Romantic painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Uniformly bound in full dark green leather publisher's bindings by F. Westley - the covers with gilt floral and line borders; the spines with a continuous gilt arabesque design. All edges are gilt. An F. Westerley binder's ticket is present on the inside front cover of the 1835 volume. The bindings show… Read More