A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast. London: Longman Hurst, Reese, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1826. 8 volumes in 4, large 4to (362 x 264 mm). Aquatint vignette dedication leaf and over 300 aquatint plates, errata page at end of volume I. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco over pebbled cloth, covers ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, gilt titles, gilt decoration in compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Light wear, browning and some offsetting. "FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLOUR PLATE BOOK ON BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY. A Magnificent series of plates, almost all of equal quality. Valuable as a record and exquisite in its presentation" (Tooley). Abbey Scenery 16; Tooley 177.
A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast. London: Longman Hurst, Reese, Orme, and Brown, 1814-1826. 8 volumes in 4, large 4to (362 x 264 mm). Aquatint vignette dedication leaf and over 300 aquatint plates, errata page at end of volume I. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco over pebbled cloth, covers ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands, gilt titles, gilt decoration in compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Light wear, browning and some offsetting. "FIRST EDITION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLOUR PLATE BOOK ON BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY. A Magnificent series of plates, almost all of equal quality. Valuable as a record and exquisite in its presentation" (Tooley). Abbey Scenery 16; Tooley 177.
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