MADDOX, WILLES. 1813-1853. Views of Lansdown Tower, Bath. Bath: Edmund English. London: Thomas McLean, 1844. Folio (614 x 435 mm). [2], 10 pp. Chromolithographed title-page on card and mounted, lithographed dedication leaf list of subscribers, 6 tinted lithographed illustrations in text, 13 hand-colored lithographed plates on card (mounted on 12 sheets, 2 on one sheet). Slip present at p 10. Original morocco-backed cloth gilt. Slipcase. Neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, hinges reinforced, one text leaf with marginal repair, scattered spotting. FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY, WITH MOUNTED TITLE AND PLATES. Beckford was one of Willes Maddox's early patrons. He had sold Fonthill Abbey in 1822. Abbey Scenery 420.
MADDOX, WILLES. 1813-1853. Views of Lansdown Tower, Bath. Bath: Edmund English. London: Thomas McLean, 1844. Folio (614 x 435 mm). [2], 10 pp. Chromolithographed title-page on card and mounted, lithographed dedication leaf list of subscribers, 6 tinted lithographed illustrations in text, 13 hand-colored lithographed plates on card (mounted on 12 sheets, 2 on one sheet). Slip present at p 10. Original morocco-backed cloth gilt. Slipcase. Neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, hinges reinforced, one text leaf with marginal repair, scattered spotting. FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY, WITH MOUNTED TITLE AND PLATES. Beckford was one of Willes Maddox's early patrons. He had sold Fonthill Abbey in 1822. Abbey Scenery 420.
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