COLOR PLATE] MALTON, JAMES. A picturesque and descriptive view of the city of Dublin displayed in a series of the most interesting scenes taken in the year 1791 . London: n.d., but after 1799, most likely 1820-25. Abbey Scenery distinguishes two editions by textual points; this example conforms to Abbey 474, the later form, though we find no watermarks; this was the first edition to be issued colored. 19th century three-quarters morocco, marbled boards, the boards (and perhaps the binding) very probably original, as the upper cover bears a printed label with the title, price (fifteen guineas) and (most importantly) the statement "coloured." 16 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (42 x 55 cm); ii, 18 pp. text, with 24 text leaves, each with an engraved heraldic vignette in aquatint, accompanying each of the plates of Dublin (no text is present, or called for, with plate 16; plate 22 often does not have accompanying text, but it is present here). The plates consist of the colored frontispiece of the Arms of the City of Dublin, the engraved title and dedication, the large folding plan of Dublin by Faden, two plans in sepia, 25 hand-colored aquatint plates and the final plate of key panoramas. The plates are interleaved with tissues. The coloring is exceptionally fine. Binding quite rubbed but joints firm, front hinge separated; internally, some browning and toning as usual, one plate (18) separating along the top of the plate mark, another plate with a minor restoration on the verso. The first edition of circa 1799 was uncolored (it was issued only in sepia), and Abbey states that colored copies of the present edition were not published until after the parts issue. The plates in this example have the "magnificent glow" that Abbey describes for authentic colored examples, the contemporaneity of the color being attested, at least in part, by the presence of the original publisher's label identifying it as a colored example. True colored copies are rare, and in this form are among the most desirable of color-plate books of Irish interest. The Faden plan does not occur in all copies. The last copy sold at auction was the Rosebery example (which the auction records incorrectly note as colored; it was in fact a sepia copy of the first edition). Abbey Scenery 474. C
COLOR PLATE] MALTON, JAMES. A picturesque and descriptive view of the city of Dublin displayed in a series of the most interesting scenes taken in the year 1791 . London: n.d., but after 1799, most likely 1820-25. Abbey Scenery distinguishes two editions by textual points; this example conforms to Abbey 474, the later form, though we find no watermarks; this was the first edition to be issued colored. 19th century three-quarters morocco, marbled boards, the boards (and perhaps the binding) very probably original, as the upper cover bears a printed label with the title, price (fifteen guineas) and (most importantly) the statement "coloured." 16 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (42 x 55 cm); ii, 18 pp. text, with 24 text leaves, each with an engraved heraldic vignette in aquatint, accompanying each of the plates of Dublin (no text is present, or called for, with plate 16; plate 22 often does not have accompanying text, but it is present here). The plates consist of the colored frontispiece of the Arms of the City of Dublin, the engraved title and dedication, the large folding plan of Dublin by Faden, two plans in sepia, 25 hand-colored aquatint plates and the final plate of key panoramas. The plates are interleaved with tissues. The coloring is exceptionally fine. Binding quite rubbed but joints firm, front hinge separated; internally, some browning and toning as usual, one plate (18) separating along the top of the plate mark, another plate with a minor restoration on the verso. The first edition of circa 1799 was uncolored (it was issued only in sepia), and Abbey states that colored copies of the present edition were not published until after the parts issue. The plates in this example have the "magnificent glow" that Abbey describes for authentic colored examples, the contemporaneity of the color being attested, at least in part, by the presence of the original publisher's label identifying it as a colored example. True colored copies are rare, and in this form are among the most desirable of color-plate books of Irish interest. The Faden plan does not occur in all copies. The last copy sold at auction was the Rosebery example (which the auction records incorrectly note as colored; it was in fact a sepia copy of the first edition). Abbey Scenery 474. C
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