Picturesque Description River Wye Source by Fielding (4 results)

1st Ed. Sm. thin 4to. 22 x 28cm. v + 32pp. 12 hand coloured aquatint plates. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, some light browning, unpleasant marginal stain to verso of frontis. at gutter hinge resulting in hole to frontis. and offset to title page, ex.-libris J.J. Reynolds, contemporary half morocco with marbled boards, minor wear to extremities with leading corner of upper board sl. bumped, gilt lettered spine. Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (1781-1851) came from a large family that included five landscape painters. He was known for his large-scale paintings and for his many elaborate colorplate books. During his career, Fielding was employed both as a drawing master and as a master of aquatint.Abbey 550; Tooley p.120; Prideaux p.336. US$965.…

Blind-stamped Cloth. Condition: Good. 32 pp., Orginal green, blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering, all edges gilt. Marks to the covers, with fraying to the covers and loss to the spine ends. All leaves loose with some minor occasional spotting not affecting the plates. Illustrated with 12 beautiful hand coloured aquatints, complete. 4to. Illustrated.…

First Edition. Original publisher's dark brown blind-stamped cloth with the leather title label contained within an ornate gilt border on the upper cover 32pp + plates. 12 hand-coloured plates, all numbered in ink. Good+, rebacked, slight foxing to margins of plates, some offsetting, cloth showing overall wear but still firm and hinges good. Still a pleasing example of this highly attractive work. ABBEY [Scenery], 550. Tooley 218. 10618.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edit. V; 32 Pages. Twelve Original Hand Coloured Aquatints. New Endpapers. Lacks One Tissue Guard With Some Very Light Off-Setting To Several Of The Other Plates. This Only Affects The Tissue Guards Not The Plates Which Have Have Lovely Vibrant Original Colouring. Original Dark Green Blind-Stamped Cloth With The Title Contained Within An Elaborate Gilt Border On The Upper Cover, Extremities Of The Spine Lightly Bumped. A Lovely Clean Fresh Copy. Abbey [Scenery], 550.…