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c1880 "PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF SEATS" REV F O MORRIS - 7 VOLS COMPLETE -SUPER ILLUS
On offer here is "A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland with descriptive and Historical Letterpress" edited by Rev F O Morris
Complete here in 7 vols (6 vols of text and plates - plus the (scarce) Subscribers book
Classic topographical/architectural reference
Illus - with many full page colour plates - see below
Scarce set in original cloth
Published by William McKenzie, London - no date but c1880
Size : c11" x 8.5"
Classic reference.
With 240 fine colour plates, including 7 vignette coloured half-titles illuminated in gilt (all plates present as called for).
The attractive plates were drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon and printed from coloured woodblocks by the Baxter process by Benjamin Fawcett of Driffield, Yorkshire. The plates are noted for their precise printing and rich colouring and Fawcett printed each plate in an average of eight colours. Friedman in 'Color printing in England, 1486-1870' remarks that Fawcett's ink tones are so subtle and transparent that they have the appearance of watercolour and that his transparent colours were especially suited to Lydon's crisply-drawn renderings of immaculately tidy grounds bathed in sunlight and with gardens abloom. In 'The Illustrator and the Book', Ray opines that this work accomplishes for colour printing what Pyne's Royal Residences did for aquatint engraving
CONDITION
Externally - In original cloth, with rich gilt and heraldic decorations in gilt, black and blind. All edges gilt. Overall condition very good - generally clean and bright. Spine of vols 2 has some wear/tear (see image) others are very good
Internally - in overall very good condition -generally clean and bright with a touch of expected light handling wear. A couple of plates have worked loose - with no damage
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