[MacCulloch, John] TWENTY ALBUMS CONTAINING OVER 500 PENCIL DRAWINGS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS AND TREE STUDIES. GREAT BRITAIN, [C.1806-C.1813], OBLONG FOLIO (275 X 390MM.), ALL BUT ONE CONTEMPORARY HALF LEATHER BINDINGS (RATHER WORN) The albums divide into three distinct groups: 1. Scotland. Nine albums containing c.264 pencil drawings on paper watermarked 1810-11, all with locations identified, including Loch Katrine, Ben Nevis, Mull, Staffa, Loch Leven, Glencoe, Killicrankie, Glen Lyon, etc., all but a few at the end of one volume in a finished state, contemporary red half morocco 2. Devon and Cornwall. Four albums dated 1807 (watermarked 1804-05) containing c.101 pencil drawings, all with locations identified, including Dartmoor, Mount Egecumbe, Cotehele, Lostwithiel, Tintagel, etc., contemporary half sheep over vellum boards 3. Tree studies. Five albums containing c.141 pencil drawings (watermarked 1802-04), comprising: "Beech, Knole 1806", 25 drawings; "In Hyde Park May 1806", 44 drawings, mostly of trees; "Elms in Hyde Park May 1807", 25 drawings; "Walnut 1808", 23 drawings, locations identified; "Abele 1808", 24 drawings, location identified and 2 other albums with unfinished sketches, one in Wales
[MacCulloch, John] TWENTY ALBUMS CONTAINING OVER 500 PENCIL DRAWINGS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS AND TREE STUDIES. GREAT BRITAIN, [C.1806-C.1813], OBLONG FOLIO (275 X 390MM.), ALL BUT ONE CONTEMPORARY HALF LEATHER BINDINGS (RATHER WORN) The albums divide into three distinct groups: 1. Scotland. Nine albums containing c.264 pencil drawings on paper watermarked 1810-11, all with locations identified, including Loch Katrine, Ben Nevis, Mull, Staffa, Loch Leven, Glencoe, Killicrankie, Glen Lyon, etc., all but a few at the end of one volume in a finished state, contemporary red half morocco 2. Devon and Cornwall. Four albums dated 1807 (watermarked 1804-05) containing c.101 pencil drawings, all with locations identified, including Dartmoor, Mount Egecumbe, Cotehele, Lostwithiel, Tintagel, etc., contemporary half sheep over vellum boards 3. Tree studies. Five albums containing c.141 pencil drawings (watermarked 1802-04), comprising: "Beech, Knole 1806", 25 drawings; "In Hyde Park May 1806", 44 drawings, mostly of trees; "Elms in Hyde Park May 1807", 25 drawings; "Walnut 1808", 23 drawings, locations identified; "Abele 1808", 24 drawings, location identified and 2 other albums with unfinished sketches, one in Wales
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