Search Results: Books with Colour Plates from Madoc Books

1830. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mostly unknown. A fascinating collection of hand coloured French scenes. In c1830 full red morocco album, gilt & blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed, Spine, worn, raised bands, gilt decorative tooling & title. Internally, MS calligraphic style title, 76 hand coloured lithographic illustrations tipped onto 71 leaves (various colours), most with guards, 1 dated 1831 & another 1829, with gilt or ink borders, a.e.g. Quarto including many Coaching Scenes, artists possibly include Bellange, S Baptiste?, RR S, Bellange, Ballec, Lesk Noel & Charles Davies.

ondon: 11, Clement's Inn, Strand; and 20, Paternoster-Row.: Hassell & Co. and Sherwood, Neely, & Co.. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. HASSELL John Payne Munn Francia Samuel Varley Wheatley Young Christal Cartwright Girtin Clennel Cox Prout Hills Dewint Owen Glover Turner Loutherbourg : &c. &c. . Beautiful hand coloured aquatints! 2nd ed, c1818, title page and preface (2 leaves) and nineteen plates each with a page of descriptive text. Each of the plates come in four states; etched outline, aquatinted in India ink, the same with a yellow tint superimposed, and a fully hand coloured plate. Two of the plates are on one sheet; Haymakers and Study of a Landscape. The descriptive text discusses the author and gives a kind of paint by number guide to each plate with numerous hand-applied colour swatches as guides. The platers are dated 1818 except for three dated 1811 and 1812. In oblong, contemporary grey boards with publishers printed label on… Read More

Hampstead-Heath: William Birch, 1791. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. BIRCH William. First edition. Landscape quarto. Thirty-six hand-colored engraved plates within color wash borders, wide margins. In contemporary diced russia gilt edge tooling, re-backed gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], [2], (ii-x) text leaves, followed by 36 hand coloured plates each with a leaf of descriptive text, [4] subscribers list, [2] contents, late 20c marbled endpapers. Text leaves watermarked WL, plates dated 1788, 89, & 90. A remarkably clean example free of most spotting etc. (268*210 mm). Birch, enamel painter & printmaker was particularly successful in adapting his skills for translating larger works to a smaller scale. He emigrated to the US in 1794 & his reputation was boosted by the nearly sixty enamels and miniatures he produced, including George Washington.

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… Read More

London: 114, New Bond-Street.: J Dickinson for the Artist. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. NICHOLSON George. HULLMANDEL Charles Joseph 1789-1850. VG, 1st ed, c1827, 1 engraved leaf + 8 pls (complete). In contemporary half calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners worn. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, [2], [1], 2-10 pp, 8 pls (with guards), plus the engraved dedication, some foxing throughout, book label to fpd (Lady le Fleming, Rydal Hall), pls watermarked 1827, printed by George Smith, Liverpool. (Folio, 324*246 mm).Uncommon! (Abbey 529. Marples, 223). Nicholson's Eight select views, was published under the patronage of Lady Eleanor Butler and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby, the 'Ladies of Llangollen'.

London: Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row: J. Robins and Co., 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. STOTHARD. MIDDIMAN. LANDSEER J.. Fifty superb hand coloured portraits. Quarto, [2], 8 pp (pl descriptions), fifty hand-colored engraved plates, printed on pink paper, attractively bound by Kelly & Sons (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full dark green straight grain morocco. Covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, board edges decoratively tooled in gilt, turn-in ruled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled end papers. A wonderful copy of this extremely scarce album of portraits. (279*216 mm). (Wilson's 'Wonderful Characters' [1821] p. 8). Robert Cooper (fl. 1800-1836) was largely employed during the first quarter of the century in engraving portraits. Among the publications on which he was engaged were: 'La Belle Assemblée,' a fashionable periodical; 'Old Mortality' and… Read More

Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 282 hand coloured-plates - Manuscript descriptions No author known and not published. c1780 Five large quarto volumes. Volumes I-III contain 155 plates depicting priests; Volumes IV-V contain 127 plates depicting nuns. Each plate mounted on stiff card with a ruled border and accompanied by a leaf of manuscript description. Manuscript list of plates at the end of each volume. In modern full blue morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, with a red morocco gilt lettering label, gilt board edges and turn ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Ink stamp of the Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass., on the verso of most plates. Armorial stamp of Henry Thomas Coghlan on the leaf in each volume. The watercolour drawings are after Filippo Buonanni's Ordinum religiosorum in ecclesia militanti catalogus, which was first published in Rome between 1706 and 1710, with the… Read More

Bouverie St.: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., Ld.,. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. LEECH John 1817-1864. VG, nd but 1888 Jorrocks edition (Tooley) 116 engravingsIn the publishers red cloth, bevelled edges, gilt title & i9mages, black ink tooling, edges rubbed. Spine, faded, gilt tooling & title, edges bumped. Internally, half title, title with hand coloured woodcut, [7], (viii-xv), [1], [1], 2-578 pp, [2] adverts, 17 engravings on steel (hand coloured, with guards), + the title engraving, 31 full page wood engravings, 67 wood engravings within text, yellow endpapers, evidence of bookplate removal to fpd. (221*145 mm). A satirical look at Victorian society, their manners, mores and class rigidity. The son of the family, the central character of the book, has many hurdles to overcome in pursuit of a happy ending.

London: 101, Strand.: R. Ackermann, 1814. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. BLUCK, HILL, STADLER, PUGIN, MACKENZIE, WESTALL etc. VG, First Edition, second issue, 82 plates. 2 Vols in attractive c1900 half black calf over blue cloth, some blind tooling. Spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf labels, Internally, Vol 1, half title, frontis, [7], (viii-xiv), [2] pl list, [1], (ii-xxv), [1], [1], 2-275 pp, [1], [6] index. Vol 2, half title, frontis, [4], [1], 2-262 pp, [6] index. 64 hand coloured aquatint plates after Pugin, Nash, Westall, and others, 17 stipple engraved costume plates (many watermarked J Whatman 1812, by Agar after Uwins), engraved portrait of Lord Grenville (spotted), very occasional spotting to a few leaves of text, some offsetting from pls to text, t.e.g., head of v2 repaired. A very good set. Text ascribed to both William Combe (1742-1823), & Frederic Schoberl (1775-1853).(348*288 mm). (Bobins… Read More

London: Marlborough Place, Pall Mall: R. Bowyer by T. Bensley, 1815. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. With 30 plates - (Twenty-Two Hand-Coloured Aquatints) First edition of both titles, two folio volumes bound as 1 (as is common), in half calf over contemporary red marbled boards, some blind tooling, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, 1815, [3], 4-60, [4] Appendix, [1], 62-76 pp, A-B1, [11] text leaves, [1], 2-10 pp, 22 pls (20 of which coloured, 5 folding, 2 portraits & 1 facsimile of signatures), (2nd vol), 2, 1816, [2], [1], 2-34 pp, 5 pls (including 4 coloured, 1 folding, & 1 plan), plates dated 1813/1816, watermarks of 1811 & 1814, short tear to fold line of one plate, some scattered discolouration (very light) throughout, rear flyleaf creased, bookplate & printers label to fpd. Overall, a very good copy. (479*330 mm). (Abbey Life 353 & 354. Tooley 97 & 98). Title for the 2 vol: The Campaign of Waterloo,… Read More

London: 191, Regent St.: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. First Edition 1st Printing. Full Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ALKEN Henry. VG+, 1842, 1st ed, 1st issue, 36 pls (complete). In contemporary green crushed morocco by Riviere and Sons, gilt edge tooling, corners and edges a little rubbed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling with sporting motifs, edges a little rubbed, titles in gilt. Internally, frontis, coloured half title, [3], (iv-vi), (2), [1], 2-402 pp, 36 pls (hand coloured - plate 33 is the 2nd issue, & 4 mounted), front joint professionally strenghtened, couple of small paper repairs. Considered to be the premier colour plate sporting book of the 19th century! (Folio, 147* 232 mm). (Tooley 65. Souhart 351. Allibone 66). Apperley was born at Plasgronow, near Wrexham, in Denbighshire, North Wales.

London: 191, Regent St.: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. Second Edition . Full Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ALKEN H [Henry Thomas 1784-1851] & RAWLINS TJ. Near fine, 1837, 2nd ed, 18 pls (complete). In deep red morocco by GJ Sawyer Ltd, gilt edge tooling. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally, additional engraved title page with vignette, [3], (iv-ix), [3], [1], 2-206 pp, 18 pls (hand coloured, with) + eng tp pl, lacks adverts, a.e.g., spine rubbed at head & tail edges, very minimal browning, board edges in gilt, intricate gilt tooled turn-ins (binders stamp), red marbled endpapers, small binders label to epd. (Folio, 147*228 mm). A lovely copy of the first complete and best edition. (OCLC 1455044. Tooley 67). Apperley, [pseud. Nimrod], writer on sport, was said to have created the role of gentleman hunting correspondent. Writing at first under various pseudonyms (Acastus, Eques, and A), he published his first… Read More

London:: Thomas Compton, 1817. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Turner, Compton, Bailey, Havell Etc. 1st ed, VG, 30 pls (of 30), 1817. The very desirable first edition, first issue with the 1815/16 imprint. In half red roan, small almost invisible mark, over contemporary green marbled boards, a little worn & scratched, corners & edges a lightly bumped & worn, some gilt tooling. 20c spine red calf, gilt title & tooling. [6], 30 coloured plates, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, new endpapers, ink name to head of title page (Mrs Judge, Ramsgate), occasional light spotting, & light finger soiling to some edges, lovely hand coloured aquatints by the artists of the day, dated either 1815 or 1816, in the first issue state. (Originally issued in 10 parts. Abbey 522. Tooley 155. Bobins 632 2nd). Title continues: Describing the scenery and gen3+6 .6eral characters of that romantic country. Embellished with a… Read More

London: Shoemaker Row, Blackfriars: W. Justins, 1791. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. WILLIAMS Mrs. IBBETSON. CARTWRIGHT T. BAKER J. GRIFFITH M. WATHEN J. STRINGER S. BLUCK J. SNELL.. Bakers rare Guide to Wales with the equally rare French Invasion! 94 B&W plates! Second edition, two volumes in modern two tone boards, some blind tooling, spines with gilt titles to red & black morocco labels. Vol 1, 1791, engraved title page with vignette, [5], 8-186 pp, 53 pls (29 oblong, 25 oval). Vol 2, 1794, [3], (vi) only, [1], (iv) only, [1], 6-186, 199-222 pp, lacks 187-198? and anything beyond p222, 18 pls (14 oval, 4 oblong). French Invasion, 1797, [2], [1], 2-9 pp, 23 pls, (14 oblong, 9 oval). Includes 3 plans. New Endpapers, p 24 mis-numbered 4, occasional spotting, some darkening to a few leaves, 1 leaf trimmed to 1 edge, small hole to edge of 1 pl, text blocks watermarked J Whatman. (200 *195 mm). (ESTC T230293 / T213579). Although its… Read More

London: New Bond Street. and Whitehall.: R Faulder. and T Egerton, 1797. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. IRELAND Samuell. 1st ed, VG, 1797, 1 map, 31 pls, 3 illusts. In contemporary worn marbled boards, corners worn, some loss. Re-spined, gilt tooling, retaining the gilt titled, red calf label. Internally, [2], (v-xii), [1], 2-159 pp, 31 pls (sepia aquatints, complete per list, with guards), 1 map, 3 illustrations within text, bound without half title, bookplate to fpd (John Henry Lewis), same name to tp, ink note, 1845?, & signature to fep (Francesca Mary Wynne), text block edges sprinkled blue, some offsetting, occasional spotting, (230*162 mm). (ESTC N34299. Abbey 544. see Lowndes 2322 for the Forgeries). Title continues: With observations on the Public Buildings, and other works of Art, in its vicinity. Ireland, printmaker and writer, had pursued a parallel career as a draughtsman and engraver. During the 1780s he etched… Read More

LONDON: 26, Haymarket: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. GRIFFITH M. HOARE. Etc. The best coloured Views of Wales! First edition in oblong, early 20c half calf over green cloth, some blind tooling, gilt tooling & title to original red morocco label to upper board. Spine, no label. Internally, half title, frontis, [8] pp, followed by 20 plates, with superior colouring, & dated 1822, text leaves watermarked Smith 1820, colour plates watermarked J Whatman 1828, each with a guard & a leaf of descriptive text, new endpapers, original paper label tipped to fpd, some very light offsetting to tissue guards. An excellent example! (272*206 mm). (Abbey 525). Thomas McLean, was a London print seller and publisher who specialized in the publication of political caricatures.

London: Old Bond-Street: William Miller, 1801. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. MASON George Henry. VG, 1st ed, 1801, 22 coloured pls. In contemporary red straight grain morocco, decorative gilt edge tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Spine, lightly worn, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges worn. Internally, 2 title leaves (1 in English the other French), 1 ff contents, 2 ff prefaces, followed by 22 hand coloured stipple engraved plates, a few with the undated E&P watermark, some finger marks to pl margins, each pl with a leaf of descriptive text in both English & French, a.e.g., gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, blue marbled endpapers, bookplate & library label to fpd, printed W. Bulmer and Co, of Cleveland-Row, St James's and engraved by J Dadley . (256*347 mm). (Colas 2010-12. Prideaux 317). Mason's text is based on his own experiences in Canton in 1789-1790. At the time he was there, foreigners… Read More

London: 48, Watling St.: Newman & Co.. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Newman & Co.. VG, c186?, 6 hand coloured illustrations. In the original publishers printed paper covers, no title to spine. Internally, 6 hand coloured illustrations made up of Beddgelert; 2 of Snowdon; Vales of Llanberis; Pont Aberglaslyn; & the Menai Bridges, no text as issued. (183*107 mm).

London: Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. PENLEY Aaron. With FIFTEEN attractive colour chromo-lithographs First edition, [1869], folio, original red cloth, gilt titled & decorated, a bit rubbed and faded, bevelled edges, inner hinges strengthened, a.e.g., [4], [32] pp, with a pictorial title page, a plate of colour samples and 14 mounted chromo-lithographs, mostly of scenes in Scotland, Wales and the Lake District, ink name to fep (Edith J Warne 1874). One of several elaborate instructional manuals by a popular Victorian water colourist, printed by Strangeways and Walden, ink name to fep, hinges strengthened. (352*252 mm). One of Hotten's larger books and becoming difficult to find in its original binding. A very good example.

London: Day & Son, 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Atlas Folio - over 23 - 25" tall. 1st edition, 1851, 25 pls. Uncommon. In 20c half green cloth over marbled boards, large black ink title to upper board. Internally, hand coloured lithographic vignette title page, preface leaf, 21 leaves of descriptive text, 24 hand coloured lithographic numbered plates, title-page heavily spotted & with damp-stain to top margin (damp-stain continuing onto preface leaf), plate 1 soiled, trimmed and mounted, plates 13, 14 and 21 spotted, plate 21 heavily spotted, torn, reassembled and backed on linen, variable spotting and finger-soiling to other plates (light to moderate and largely restricted to margins), marginal repairs to versos of title-page, preface, text-leaves of plates 1, 2 and 22, modern half cloth. From the library of the Schlagintweit brothers, 19th-century German explorers of India and Central Asia (blind stamp 'Ex bibliotheca Schlagintweit' to foot of title-page), &… Read More