Search Results: Topography from Zetetic Books

London: J. Wilkie and W. Charnley, 1776. [2], 382pp, [4]. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, spine in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, bands bordered by gilt double rule, gilt roll to edges. Chipped with loss to head of spine, outer joints slightly split, but holding well, small amount of loss towards head of front cover, edges rubbed. Internally very lightly browned, but generally quite bright and clean. Signature E misbound but complete. Nineteen plates (eighteen folding) as called for. Bicknell notes that it "incorporates 'An Excursion of 1773' (Bicknell 6), with little alteration ... to it is added an excursion to other parts of Cumberland, Hexham and parts of Durham and Yorkshire." There were no plates in the earlier edition, Bicknell 7; Upcott pg 120. First Thus. Full Calf. Good. 8vo.

London and Hertford: Chatto and Windus and Stephen Austin & Sons, 1870. Three volumes complete, 1870-1881 - Volume One - [7], viii-xii, [1], 10-216pp; [5], 6-206pp; [3], 6-203pp, [1]; Volume Two - [5], 6-174pp; [4], 7-290pp; [4], 7-334pp and Volume Three - [8], 7-394pp; [5], 8-346pp. Contemporary half morocco and pebble grain cloth, raised bands, spines in six panels, title lettered direct to second panel, author and volume to third and hundreds to fourth, remaining panels with central floral spray tool, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Worn to extremities with some loss to surface leather, corners bumped and rubbed. Split to head of lower joint of volume one, volume two rebacked with some lifting of original back strip, volume three recased with new plain endpapers stuck over the top of the original marbled endpapers. Internally the frontispiece and title of volume one are foxed, titles of other volumes also lightly foxed, with some sporadic light foxing to text, but generally fairly clean. Volume one… Read More

Doncaster: W. Sheardown, 1804. [4], xii, 398pp, [2], xlv. Original boards, with original paper label to spine. Splits developing to joints, but holding well, boards bumped, small homemade manuscript label to head of spine, topographical plates with light water staining to edges, otherwise internally quite bright and clean. Folding map and eleven tissue-guarded, full-page engravings (as called for). Boyne CLVII, Upcott 1403-04. First Edition. Original Boards. Good. 4to.

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son and John Rodwell, 1822. Two volumes complete (ie. all published) - Volume One, pub. 1822-1830, [5], 6-538, [3], 540-780pp; Volume Two, pub. 1836-1841, [7], 2-260, [5], 262-342pp, [2]. Contemporary half morocco and cloth over boards, raised bands, spines in six panels, title lettered directly to second panel, author and volume number to third. Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped and worn. Internally some light browning, some sporadic spotting to a few signatures of first volume, one or two instances of off setting from plates, ffep creased. First volume with thirty-two engraved plates, including the portrait frontispiece; the second volume with eight plates, including a coloured frontispiece of tradesman's tokens, and with the rare plate of Pytchley House, which seemingly only had sixteen subscribers. First volume has the printed prospectus for the work bound in, and the Pytchley House plate has the small subscribers slip tipped in before. The prospectus foresaw… Read More

London: No Publisher, 1840. xii, 222pp. Original quarter morocco and cloth binding, gilt title to spine. Spine faded, rubbed, especially to outer joints, slightly chipped to head. Slightly browned internally, but generally fairly clean, previous owners' (William Joyner Ellis) armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Twelve full-page engravings (as called for). Presentation copy from the author to Ellis. Presentation Copy from Author. First Edition. Quarter Morocco and Cloth. Good. 8vo.

London: Edw. Score and John March and Samuel Birt, 1724. [2], iii, [1], 25, [26], 50-59, 62-63, 62-63, 64-69, [1], 213pp, [67] Later full morocco, spine in six panels, lettered direct to second panel, remaining panels with single fillet border around a central knot work frame device, covers with single fillet border surrounding a knot work frame made up of four double fillets in turn surrounding another single fillet frame, two lines to edges and inner edges, a.e.g. Spine very slightly faded, very minor wear, slight rubbing to gilt to foot of lower panel, but generally attractive externally. Date on title page has been over written in ink (from 1724 to 1752), signature D is browned, some other light browning, especially to edges, very occasional spotting, otherwise fairly bright and clean. With a frontispiece and folding plan of Excester by Nicholls and a folding plate of the Cathedral Church of Exeter by J. Harris. Effectively the fourth edition, after the Richard Izacke editions of 1677 and 1681 and… Read More

London: W. Clarke, 1807. Sixteen aquatints in the original card covers, with the original label to upper cover. Worn to extremities, spine has had a brown paper tape added at some point in the past, this is now largely absent, corners slightly curled, small amounts of loss to foot of spine, label with a previous owner's name in ink. Internally some light browning, the last three aquatints have some browning to top edge just touching plate mark, but not the image, generally quite bright and clean. The final aquatint lacks the tissue guard. Book label of Charles J. Bewlay of Carleton Hall to front pastedown, with a shelf mark in ink to upper corner. The views were by J.[ohn] 'Warwick' Smith (1749-1831) and J.[ohn] Emes (d. c.1809), and engraved by S.[amuel] Alken (1756-1815), the father of Henry Alken (for Alken see Alexander, 'A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers 1714-1820', pages 48-9). Originally published in 1795 (see Abbey Scenery 184), these are on paper… Read More

London: Tilt and Bogue; Simpkin and Co; Orr and Co. Two volumes complete - North Wales, 332pp, [4]; South Wales [14], 284pp, [4]. Uniform half calf and marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spines in six panels, morocco title label to second panel, remaining panels with gilt double fillet border, shell corner pieces joined by elongated volutes and pointille, 'Stormont' pattern marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally the additional engraved titles are browned, the tissue-guarded plates are generally lightly browned to edges, with light foxing, occasionally to subject. Both maps are hand-coloured in outline and are quite bright and clean, the map of South Wales has a tear along one fold, but with no loss. Text is generally quite bright and clean. Previous owners (Edward Lee) armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. Quite an attractive pair with all one hundred plates and two maps called for. Roscoe, Thomas (1791-1871), writer and translator,… Read More