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Lot 273
LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
Views in Rome and its environs. London: C. Hullmandel for Thos. M'Lean, 1841
Closed13 July 2023
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LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
Views in Rome and its environs. London: C. Hullmandel for Thos. M'Lean, 1841
The rare deluxe hand-coloured issue of the first of Lear’s illustrated travel books. This charming series of views captures the vivid everyday life of the people as well as the grandeur of the Roman scenery. ‘The subscription list contains, besides the Queen and four members of the Royal family, 196 names, including those of Lord and Lady Stanley, Lear’s first patrons’ (Abbey). Abbey, Travel 183.
Folio (538 x 417mm). Lithographic title and 23 (of 25) lithographic plates, all mounted on card and finely coloured by a contemporary hand, 4pp. letterpress prospectus with descriptive list of plates and subscribers bound after the plates (lacking the lithographed list of subjects and plates 16 and 19, some light spotting and thumb-soiling to margins, endleaves slightly chipped). Contemporary black half morocco, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine (rubbed). Provenance: Sir Charles Fellows (British archaeologist and explorer, 1799-1860; bookplate).
Views in Rome and its environs. London: C. Hullmandel for Thos. M'Lean, 1841
The rare deluxe hand-coloured issue of the first of Lear’s illustrated travel books. This charming series of views captures the vivid everyday life of the people as well as the grandeur of the Roman scenery. ‘The subscription list contains, besides the Queen and four members of the Royal family, 196 names, including those of Lord and Lady Stanley, Lear’s first patrons’ (Abbey). Abbey, Travel 183.
Folio (538 x 417mm). Lithographic title and 23 (of 25) lithographic plates, all mounted on card and finely coloured by a contemporary hand, 4pp. letterpress prospectus with descriptive list of plates and subscribers bound after the plates (lacking the lithographed list of subjects and plates 16 and 19, some light spotting and thumb-soiling to margins, endleaves slightly chipped). Contemporary black half morocco, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine (rubbed). Provenance: Sir Charles Fellows (British archaeologist and explorer, 1799-1860; bookplate).
LEAR, Edward (1812-1888)
Views in Rome and its environs. London: C. Hullmandel for Thos. M'Lean, 1841
The rare deluxe hand-coloured issue of the first of Lear’s illustrated travel books. This charming series of views captures the vivid everyday life of the people as well as the grandeur of the Roman scenery. ‘The subscription list contains, besides the Queen and four members of the Royal family, 196 names, including those of Lord and Lady Stanley, Lear’s first patrons’ (Abbey). Abbey, Travel 183.
Folio (538 x 417mm). Lithographic title and 23 (of 25) lithographic plates, all mounted on card and finely coloured by a contemporary hand, 4pp. letterpress prospectus with descriptive list of plates and subscribers bound after the plates (lacking the lithographed list of subjects and plates 16 and 19, some light spotting and thumb-soiling to margins, endleaves slightly chipped). Contemporary black half morocco, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine (rubbed). Provenance: Sir Charles Fellows (British archaeologist and explorer, 1799-1860; bookplate).
Views in Rome and its environs. London: C. Hullmandel for Thos. M'Lean, 1841
The rare deluxe hand-coloured issue of the first of Lear’s illustrated travel books. This charming series of views captures the vivid everyday life of the people as well as the grandeur of the Roman scenery. ‘The subscription list contains, besides the Queen and four members of the Royal family, 196 names, including those of Lord and Lady Stanley, Lear’s first patrons’ (Abbey). Abbey, Travel 183.
Folio (538 x 417mm). Lithographic title and 23 (of 25) lithographic plates, all mounted on card and finely coloured by a contemporary hand, 4pp. letterpress prospectus with descriptive list of plates and subscribers bound after the plates (lacking the lithographed list of subjects and plates 16 and 19, some light spotting and thumb-soiling to margins, endleaves slightly chipped). Contemporary black half morocco, spine gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spine (rubbed). Provenance: Sir Charles Fellows (British archaeologist and explorer, 1799-1860; bookplate).
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