Robson, George Fennell
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
£2,500
Description
Scenery of the Grampian Mountains. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Large vertical folio (528 x 350mm.), list of subscribers, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates, slight offsetting to text, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed
Footnote
Provenance: Alexander Speirs Esq., of Elderslie, armorial bookplate [Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire]
Note: Apart from offsetting onto the text, a very good clean copy. Abbey, Scenery, 506.