Lot 221A
Nash (Joseph) The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, 5 vol, first edition, 1839-1849.
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Nash (Joseph) The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, 5 vol, first edition, 106 hand-coloured lithograph plates, mounted on card,, with the expanded reissue of the text from 1869 separately bound as vol.5, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Graham Watson and David Graham, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, lightly rubbed, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 402], folio, 1839-1849.
⁂ The best edition, with all the hand-coloured plates mounted on card, of "one of the most important of the lithograph books when coloured" (Tooley).
Description
Nash (Joseph) The Mansions of England in the Olden Time, 5 vol, first edition, 106 hand-coloured lithograph plates, mounted on card,, with the expanded reissue of the text from 1869 separately bound as vol.5, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Graham Watson and David Graham, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, lightly rubbed, g.e., [Abbey, Scenery 402], folio, 1839-1849.
⁂ The best edition, with all the hand-coloured plates mounted on card, of "one of the most important of the lithograph books when coloured" (Tooley).
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