Native Land Scenery Association Windsor by Rowbotham Read Needham Davenport Adams (1 results)

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Rowbotham; Read; Needham; et al (illustrator). First edition. A beautiful work exploring British sceneries depicted with stunning water-colour sketches by a variety of eminent artists, first editions in uniform half calf bindings. A charming work celebrating the beautiful sceneries around Great Britain, the first and second series with descriptive notes on the English lakes, Scotland, Killarney lakes, North of Ireland, Derbyshire, North of Wales; and of Windsor Castle and the waterways in the surrounding areas by W. H. Davenport Adams. Two first editions in uniform half calf bindings.Each area and scenery is stunningly depicted to each volume with numerous engravings in text, and with thirty-six chromolithograph water-colour sketches by Rowbotham, Read, and Needham to vol. I; and twelve to vol. II after F. Jones. Collated, complete. In uniform half calf bindings over cloth covered boards. Externally generally sound with some shelf wear, rubbing to joints, boards, spine, chipped to head and tail of spine. Library shelf ink inscription to front free endpapers, library ink inscription to title page. Front hinges slightly strained, boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean throughout, with only odd minor spot scattered to occasional leaf, and occasional marks. With numerous in-text illustrations and forty-eight stunning chromo-lithographs tipped-in. Collated, complete. Very Good. book.