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Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey
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Author
Britton J
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John Britton
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Natural History
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Buildings
Country Houses - Single
Country
County
Wiltshire
Town
Fonthill
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Departement
Purchase Date
10/01/1995
Bookseller
Steven Ferdinando
Source
Ferdinando S
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$60.00
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$300.00
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DW 2002/1
Britton (John). Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; with Heraldical and Genealogical Notices of the Beckford Family, 1823, frontis. and addn. eng. title, vignette title, nine plts (2 col.), double page pedigree, last few pages detached, some spotting to plts. and endpapers, orig. boards, paper label to upper board, spine deficient, adhesive tape to spine and joints, slim 4to
Large paper copy. With slightly trimmed entry ticket to view Fonthill Abbey (dated 1823) to front paste down.
(1) £100-150
Sold for £520
ABE 2002-08
GRAPHICAL AND LITERARY ILLUSTRATIONS OF FONTHILL ABBEY. by BRITTON, John London: The Author, 1823 Large 4to. Publisher's boards. Frontispiece, engraved title page, viii, 5-68, (8) pages, 11 engraved plates, of which 2 are colored aquatints. First edition. One of three hundred large paper copies. Rare subscriber's "large paper" copy limited to three hundred copies and different from the regular edition in that seven of the plates used in this edition were destroyed by the time of the publication of the regular paper edition. Britton's book on William Beckford's extravagant Gothic mansion was published almost contemporaneously with John Rutter's better known Delineations of Fonthill, and is considered a complement to Rutter's book. Illustrated with plates engraved from drawings by George Cattermole, Henry Shaw, and others. Britton's work is most interesting for the light it sheds on the book's publishing history and the author's viewpoint to Beckford and Fonthill Abbey. Original boards with pasted labels rubbed. Laid-in are two articles from The Gleaner (October 1 and 8, 1823) on Fonthill Abbey. Foxing, else very good. The price of the book is
US$ 1250.00
The seller is BOOKPRESS LTD.1304 Jamestown Road , Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A., 23185.
ABE 2003/07
Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire by Britton, John: London. printed for the author 1823 4to Small paper edition. A Mutilated copy. Lacks six of the 12 plates - plates2,3,4,5,9 and 10. Original boards in poor condition. Text, tables and ads present. (Keywords: ILLUSTRATED)
The price of the book is £ 30.00
The seller is mgmanwaring
9 Glentworth road , Bristol, AVN, United Kingdom, BS6 7EG.
Ambra Sep 2003
Britton (John) GRAPHICAL AND LITERARY ILLUSTRATIONS OF FONTHILL
Wiltshire with Heraldical and Genealogical Notices of the Beckford Family.
Engraved and printed titles, 2 of which are handcoloured, 68 + 4 page list
of subscribers + 4 pages of publishers adverts, 4to, uncut in the original
paper boards, sligtly rubbed and dusty, few short splits to outer hinges,
original paper label on top board, small amount of foxing mainly to margins
of plates, otherwise a nice copy. Small paper edition Limited to 500
copies. London: Printed for the Author. 1823. £550.00
Dec 2006 Heatons of Tisbury
Large paper. Worn original quarter calf, marbled boards. Quite badly damp stained throughout.
No price marked but probably about £450. Named "best price" £320
DW 2002/1
Britton (John). Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; with Heraldical and Genealogical Notices of the Beckford Family, 1823, frontis. and addn. eng. title, vignette title, nine plts (2 col.), double page pedigree, last few pages detached, some spotting to plts. and endpapers, orig. boards, paper label to upper board, spine deficient, adhesive tape to spine and joints, slim 4to
Large paper copy. With slightly trimmed entry ticket to view Fonthill Abbey (dated 1823) to front paste down.
(1) £100-150 Sold for £520
ABE 2002-08
GRAPHICAL AND LITERARY ILLUSTRATIONS OF FONTHILL ABBEY. by BRITTON, John London: The Author, 1823 Large 4to. Publisher's boards. Frontispiece, engraved title page, viii, 5-68, (8) pages, 11 engraved plates, of which 2 are colored aquatints. First edition. One of three hundred large paper copies. Rare subscriber's "large paper" copy limited to three hundred copies and different from the regular edition in that seven of the plates used in this edition were destroyed by the time of the publication of the regular paper edition. Britton's book on William Beckford's extravagant Gothic mansion was published almost contemporaneously with John Rutter's better known Delineations of Fonthill, and is considered a complement to Rutter's book. Illustrated with plates engraved from drawings by George Cattermole, Henry Shaw, and others. Britton's work is most interesting for the light it sheds on the book's publishing history and the author's viewpoint to Beckford and Fonthill Abbey. Original boards with pasted labels rubbed. Laid-in are two articles from The Gleaner (October 1 and 8, 1823) on Fonthill Abbey. Foxing, else very good. The price of the book is US$ 1250.00 The seller is BOOKPRESS LTD.1304 Jamestown Road , Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A., 23185.
ABE 2003/07
Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire by Britton, John: London. printed for the author 1823 4to Small paper edition. A Mutilated copy. Lacks six of the 12 plates - plates2,3,4,5,9 and 10. Original boards in poor condition. Text, tables and ads present. (Keywords: ILLUSTRATED)
The price of the book is £ 30.00
The seller is mgmanwaring
9 Glentworth road , Bristol, AVN, United Kingdom, BS6 7EG.
Ambra Sep 2003
Britton (John) GRAPHICAL AND LITERARY ILLUSTRATIONS OF FONTHILL
Wiltshire with Heraldical and Genealogical Notices of the Beckford Family.
Engraved and printed titles, 2 of which are handcoloured, 68 + 4 page list
of subscribers + 4 pages of publishers adverts, 4to, uncut in the original
paper boards, sligtly rubbed and dusty, few short splits to outer hinges,
original paper label on top board, small amount of foxing mainly to margins
of plates, otherwise a nice copy. Small paper edition Limited to 500
copies. London: Printed for the Author. 1823. £550.00
Dec 2006 Heatons of Tisbury
Large paper. Worn original quarter calf, marbled boards. Quite badly damp stained throughout.
No price marked but probably about £450. Named "best price" £320