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Delineations of Fonthill & its Abbey (large paper)
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Rutter J
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ABE 2002/02
1. Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey ... Published by the Author, Shaftesbury. by [BECKFORD]. RUTTER, John. London: by Charles Knight and Co. .. Longman, Hurst, and Co. .. Hurst, Robinson, and Co. .. John and Arthur Arch .. 1823. 4to., large paper copy, pp. xxiv, 112, [8], with half-title, frontispiece and engraved title (both coloured and a little soiled), folding plan of part of the Fonthill Domain, eleven other plates (one coloured), fifteen woodcut vignettes in the text, and woodcut arms of John Rutter at the end; one of the plates, the 'South West View', is present only in large paper copies, and so is not mentioned in the list of 'embellishments'; some foxing to the plates, mainly marginal, and a stain on the folding plan, but withal a very good copy in mid-nineteenth century red morocco, elaborately gilt. First edition of the most authoritative of the contemporary guides to Fonthill Abbey, published two years before the great collapse. John Rutter, a young Quaker bookseller with a shop at Shaftesb
ury in Dorset, who had already published two brief guides to Fonthill, paid many visits to the Abbey and received much help from Beckford. According to James Lees-Milne, Beckford himself wrote certain passages criticizing the building on aesthetic grounds (he was 'seldom satisfied with anything for long'), using Rutter as his 'mouthpiece'. The work is dedicated to Beckford's favourite daughter the Duchess of Hamilton.Abbey, Scenery, 418; James Lees-Milne, William Beckford (1976), p. 53.
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My copy, just sold via DW!
. John Rutter Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey,
Published by Rutter;Shaftesbury 1823 Contemporary cloth binding ; original title label (trimmed) pasted to interior front board paper. Upper board detatched spine partly lost/ stitching etc untouched.Folding map missing with some damp staining. Well worth rebinding 4to., large paper copy, pp. xxiv, 112, [8], ; one of the plates, the 'South West View', is present only in large paper copies, and so is not mentioned in the list of 'embellishments'; some foxing to the plates, mainly marginal.One of the most authoritative of the contemporary guides to Fonthill Abbey, published before the great collapse. John Rutter, a young Quaker bookseller with a shop at Shaftesbury in Dorset, who had already published two brief guides to Fonthill, paid many visits to the Abbey and received much help from Beckford. . The work is dedicated to Beckford's favourite daughter the Duchess of Hamilton.Abbey, . Bookseller Inventory # Font/rut
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Rutter (John). Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, published by the author, Shaftesbury, 1823
, half-title present, two hand-col. aqua. plts. and addn. vign. title, eight uncol. eng. plts. only, lacks folding plan & one plt., some damp staining, near contemp. cloth, orig. title label (trimmed) pasted to front board paper, upper board detached, spine partly deficient, 4to Large paper copy.
(1) £70-100
£135
Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey. by RUTTER, John. J. Rutter. Charles Knight & Co. Shaftesbury & London. 1823. 4to. pp. xxiv, 112, (viii). 14 plates including 3 coloured aquatints (one being the engraved title page), 10 engravings and one folding map; 12 text illustrations. Binding restored, retaining original endpapers. Slight spotting throughout. Large paper copy. This copy with the inscription 'Mrs. O. Shaw Stewart, Fonthill Abbey'. Fonthill was the home of William Beckford, author of the notorious 'Vathek', first published in French in 1786. He had inherited a large fortune from his father and spent his life travelling, collecting pictures and other works of art. Fonthill was constructed, according to his scheme, as a folly in the Gothic style. After a scandal, he lived in seclusion at Fonthill, for the last 25 years of his life. [Abbey, Scenery, p.276].
The price of the book is £ 1450.00
The seller is Sims Reed Ltd
43a Duke Street St. James's, London, , United Kingdom, SW1Y 6DD.
ABE 2003/2
Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey by Rutter, John Shaftesbury & London: [the author], Charles Knight & Company, 1823 Very Good. Quarto (27cm), xxvi + 127p (pagination continuous through genealogical tables and list of subscribers); half dark green leather with marbled paper boards and burgundy gilt label; this copy signed 1823 by M J & S Hoblyn; 13 engraved plates plus folded plan and genealogical tables of which three are aquatints, plate 7 being the frontispiece and plate 8 preceding the engraved titlepage; most plates have foxing in the margins but the guard tissues seem to have taken the worst of it leaving the coloured gravures warm, if not overly bright; foldout plan of "Fonthill Domain" is sound but for sporadic margin foxing and the inevitable small separation at the four-way fold; extra-illustrated with a paste-in copy of Bowles' "On a First View of Fonthill Abbey;" a chromolitho captioned "View of the Fountain Court Within the Western Cloister with the additions made in June 1823..' (J Boosey & Co, Lithog.) and a newspaper advertisement hand-dated 25 Oct 1827 announcing the arrival of Mr Farquhar's will and testament by ship from India and the complications attending thereto; endpaper at hinges is open or starting but cords are sound and tight; one-inch of spine top detached but present; all corners worn through to binder's board. (Keywords: 17TH / 18TH CENTURY)
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ABE 2002/02
1. Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey ... Published by the Author, Shaftesbury. by [BECKFORD]. RUTTER, John. London: by Charles Knight and Co. .. Longman, Hurst, and Co. .. Hurst, Robinson, and Co. .. John and Arthur Arch .. 1823. 4to., large paper copy, pp. xxiv, 112, [8], with half-title, frontispiece and engraved title (both coloured and a little soiled), folding plan of part of the Fonthill Domain, eleven other plates (one coloured), fifteen woodcut vignettes in the text, and woodcut arms of John Rutter at the end; one of the plates, the 'South West View', is present only in large paper copies, and so is not mentioned in the list of 'embellishments'; some foxing to the plates, mainly marginal, and a stain on the folding plan, but withal a very good copy in mid-nineteenth century red morocco, elaborately gilt. First edition of the most authoritative of the contemporary guides to Fonthill Abbey, published two years before the great collapse. John Rutter, a young Quaker bookseller with a shop at Shaftesb
ury in Dorset, who had already published two brief guides to Fonthill, paid many visits to the Abbey and received much help from Beckford. According to James Lees-Milne, Beckford himself wrote certain passages criticizing the building on aesthetic grounds (he was 'seldom satisfied with anything for long'), using Rutter as his 'mouthpiece'. The work is dedicated to Beckford's favourite daughter the Duchess of Hamilton.Abbey, Scenery, 418; James Lees-Milne, William Beckford (1976), p. 53.
The price of the book is £ 850.00
Please reference the seller's book # E331 when ordering.
The seller is Bernard Quaritch Ltd
5 - 8 Lower John Street Golden Square, London, , United Kingdom, W1F 9AU.
ABE 2002/03
My copy, just sold via DW!
. John Rutter Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey,
Published by Rutter;Shaftesbury 1823 Contemporary cloth binding ; original title label (trimmed) pasted to interior front board paper. Upper board detatched spine partly lost/ stitching etc untouched.Folding map missing with some damp staining. Well worth rebinding 4to., large paper copy, pp. xxiv, 112, [8], ; one of the plates, the 'South West View', is present only in large paper copies, and so is not mentioned in the list of 'embellishments'; some foxing to the plates, mainly marginal.One of the most authoritative of the contemporary guides to Fonthill Abbey, published before the great collapse. John Rutter, a young Quaker bookseller with a shop at Shaftesbury in Dorset, who had already published two brief guides to Fonthill, paid many visits to the Abbey and received much help from Beckford. . The work is dedicated to Beckford's favourite daughter the Duchess of Hamilton.Abbey, . Bookseller Inventory # Font/rut
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93 Rutter (John). Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, published by the author, Shaftesbury, 1823, half-title present, two hand-col. aqua. plts. and addn. vign. title, eight uncol. eng. plts. only, lacks folding plan & one plt., some damp staining, near contemp. cloth, orig. title label (trimmed) pasted to front board paper, upper board detached, spine partly deficient, 4to Large paper copy.
(1) £70-100 £135
Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey. by RUTTER, John. J. Rutter. Charles Knight & Co. Shaftesbury & London. 1823. 4to. pp. xxiv, 112, (viii). 14 plates including 3 coloured aquatints (one being the engraved title page), 10 engravings and one folding map; 12 text illustrations. Binding restored, retaining original endpapers. Slight spotting throughout. Large paper copy. This copy with the inscription 'Mrs. O. Shaw Stewart, Fonthill Abbey'. Fonthill was the home of William Beckford, author of the notorious 'Vathek', first published in French in 1786. He had inherited a large fortune from his father and spent his life travelling, collecting pictures and other works of art. Fonthill was constructed, according to his scheme, as a folly in the Gothic style. After a scandal, he lived in seclusion at Fonthill, for the last 25 years of his life. [Abbey, Scenery, p.276].
The price of the book is £ 1450.00
The seller is Sims Reed Ltd
43a Duke Street St. James's, London, , United Kingdom, SW1Y 6DD.
ABE 2003/2
Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey by Rutter, John Shaftesbury & London: [the author], Charles Knight & Company, 1823 Very Good. Quarto (27cm), xxvi + 127p (pagination continuous through genealogical tables and list of subscribers); half dark green leather with marbled paper boards and burgundy gilt label; this copy signed 1823 by M J & S Hoblyn; 13 engraved plates plus folded plan and genealogical tables of which three are aquatints, plate 7 being the frontispiece and plate 8 preceding the engraved titlepage; most plates have foxing in the margins but the guard tissues seem to have taken the worst of it leaving the coloured gravures warm, if not overly bright; foldout plan of "Fonthill Domain" is sound but for sporadic margin foxing and the inevitable small separation at the four-way fold; extra-illustrated with a paste-in copy of Bowles' "On a First View of Fonthill Abbey;" a chromolitho captioned "View of the Fountain Court Within the Western Cloister with the additions made in June 1823..' (J Boosey & Co, Lithog.) and a newspaper advertisement hand-dated 25 Oct 1827 announcing the arrival of Mr Farquhar's will and testament by ship from India and the complications attending thereto; endpaper at hinges is open or starting but cords are sound and tight; one-inch of spine top detached but present; all corners worn through to binder's board. (Keywords: 17TH / 18TH CENTURY)
The price of the book is US$ 1350.00 Fast USA/Canada shipping. Postage US / Canada: $4.00 first book plus $2.00 thereafter ; International: $12 (Global Priority Air) or $7.00 surface.
Please reference the seller's book # 3586 when ordering.
To order this book click here:
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookDetails?ph=1&bi=189154474
The seller is David G Anderson - Books
1828 State Route 95 (Box 223) , Bombay, NY, U.S.A., 12914.