James Walker 1748 1808 (2 results)

Condition: Good. Folio. 32 x 47cm. 3 volumes. New half goatskin bindings with marbled boards by the artisan binder, Sasha Mosalov. 93 coloured aquatints, lacking the last 7 plates = Abbey plate nos. 95-101. Abbey plate nos. 54-56 are foxed outside the images.Other plates very clean without printed plate numbers. The aquatints are printed on one side of the sheet and the other side is blank.Abbey Travel, 223; Lipperheide Kaa 21; Colas 171; Tooley 72; OCLC Number 4024791.…

2 volumes in one, being volumes 2 and 3 ONLY- folio 19 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Crudely bound. A BREAKING OR WORKING COPY- wanting titles but with plate list and most of the text. ILLUSTRATED WITH 65 (of 67) HAND COLOURED PLATES being soft ground etchings with some aquatint- by Atkinson. 5 plates slightly creased. Sold as a collection of hand coloured plates. Wanting Ice Hills and Tartars - both from volume two. The complete work is in three volumes with 100 plates and is the first work in English to give an accurate representation of the manners and customs of the ordinary Russian people (DNB). According to Major Abbey in his bibliography - the plates show the spontaneity and spirit possible when the artist is his own engraver. the colour is skilfully done in soft washes. Abbey Travel 223.…