Lot 338
Portugal and Spain - Bradford, William
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 6 May 2015 at 12:00 BST
Description
Sketches of the country, character, and costume in Portugal and Spain. London: J. Booth, 1809. Folio, 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates [watermarked 1807]; Sketches of military costume in Spain and Portugal. London: J. Booth, 1810. Folio, 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates [watermarked 1808], contemporary half calf, small stains to plates 1-3 and accompanying text of Sketches, bound without list of plates or the frontispiece [not called for in this edition, see footnote]; text leaves to the Military Costume bound after title of Sketches, [Abbey, Travel 135]
Footnote
Note: A fine colour plate book on Spain and Portugal. "The frontispiece [Monument to Sir John Moore at Corunna] occurs in some but not all editions and may be always absent in copies bound from parts. In copies bound from parts therefore one expects to find fifty-three plates... the British Museum copy, containing plates with early watermarks, does not carry the frontispiece". [Abbey, Travel, 135]. It is clear that this copy is such a copy.