Wilkie, David Sketches in Turkey, Syria, & Egypt. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel, 1843 Folio (21 1/2 x 17 14 in.; 546 x 440 mm). Tinted lithographed title finished by hand in color, text with introduction and description of plates inlaid, 25 fine handcolored lithographed plates by John Nash after Wilkie, title and plates printed on card ((15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inl;395 x 323 mm) and mounted to heavier card stock; lacks dedication. Plates and text guarded and bound in nineteenth-century green morocco panelled gilt, the spine richly gilt in 7 compartments with raised bands (one reserved for lettering), plain endapers, edges gilt; spine scraped, other extremities rubbed.
Wilkie, David Sketches in Turkey, Syria, & Egypt. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel, 1843 Folio (21 1/2 x 17 14 in.; 546 x 440 mm). Tinted lithographed title finished by hand in color, text with introduction and description of plates inlaid, 25 fine handcolored lithographed plates by John Nash after Wilkie, title and plates printed on card ((15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inl;395 x 323 mm) and mounted to heavier card stock; lacks dedication. Plates and text guarded and bound in nineteenth-century green morocco panelled gilt, the spine richly gilt in 7 compartments with raised bands (one reserved for lettering), plain endapers, edges gilt; spine scraped, other extremities rubbed.
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