Robson, George Fennell
Scenery of the Grampian Mountains
£1,260
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Large folio (53 x 36cm), 19th-century red crushed half morocco, titles and fleurons gilt to spine, triple fillet rules gilt to sides, top edge gilt, engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Henry Morton after Robson (each with protective guard), all text-leaves as called for, map offset, a few plates faintly offset through guards onto facing text-leaves, plate 34 (Ben-Na-Muich-Duidh) with very short repaired tear in fore margin not affecting image [Abbey Scenery 506]
Footnote
Note: The list of subscribers records 210 copies. Robson first published these sketches in 1814 as a series of soft-ground etchings.