Light Major Dewint (3 results)

First Edition. 124 unnumbered pages, 62 unnumbered leaves of plates including engraved vignette titlepage ("Crater of Mount Etna") and "Sicilian cottage" which is bound in as the frontispiece rather than concluding vignette as called for. Following each plate is a descriptive narrative in English and French Original sketches by Major William Light, engraved by many of the leading exponents of the period including J.C. Allen, Robert Wallis, E. Goodall, Charles Heath, H. Hobson, Ed. Findon, T, Byrne, Wm. Cooke, etc. Scenes include Cefalù, Segesta, Messina, the Bay of Palermo, Girgenti, Castel Guelfonio, Catania, Alicata, Ear of Dionysius at Syracuse. Bound in black half Morocco over sand-grained boards, gilt spine. Edges of spine slightly rubbed, corner tips bumped. Edges of pages marbled in sympathy with endpapers. Bound with the half-title. All plates extremely clean save for the frontispiece and engraved title which are moderately foxed. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, a leading English collector of finely bound books. 124 unnumbered pages, 62 unnumbered leaves of plates including engraved vignette titlepage ("Crater of Mount Etna") and "Sicilian cottage" which is bound in as the frontispiece rather than concluding vignette as called for. Following each plate is a descriptive narrative in English and French Original sketches by Major William Light, engraved by many of the leading exponents of the period including J.C. Allen, Robert Wallis, E. Goodall, Charles Heath, H. Hobson, Ed. Findon, T, Byrne, Wm. Cooke, etc. Scenes include Cefalù, Segesta, Messina, the Bay of Palermo, Girgenti, Castel Guelfonio, Catania, Alicata, Ear of Dionysius at Syracuse. Bound in black half Morocco over sand-grained boards, gilt spine. Edges of spine slightly rubbed, corner tips bumped. Edges of pages marbled in sympathy with endpapers. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. book of 60 plates plus title and vingnette, with text; textblock intact and generally good, but NOTE: 9 plates have marginal water stain not affecting image; in 14 plates the water stain intrudes on image; foxed throughout; boards detached; spine missing; offered "as is"; foreign shipping $100.

Half Morocco. Condition: Good. First Edition. Unpaginated. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt title lettering. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Boards rubbed with wear to extremities. Marbled endpapers. Early bookplate to front pastedown. Stain to lower edge of some leaves. Scattered foxing and light staining to page edges. Engraved title-page with vignette of 'Crater of mount Etna.' Sixty full-page engravings of scenes of Sicily, with tissue-guards. Final vignette of 'Sicilian Cottage.' Plates complete. List of plates bound in. Description of plates in English, with text in French on verso. Good margins. Binding firm. In Good to VG condition. 4to.