Search Results: the history of the royal residences by pyne william henry

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: A. Dry, 1819. Full leather. Near Fine. ****IN A CONTERMPORARY CATHEDRAL BINDING, WITH 100 DELICATE HAND-COLORED PLATES****. The 1819 1st edition, complete with its 100 lovely hand-colored aquatints. Three sumptuous folio volumes, in wonderful condition, each bound in a contemporary-to-the-period full-maroon morocco. Highly decorated, with seven rolls in gilt and blind on each upper and lower cover, all edges gilt. A large cathedral stamped in gilt on each cover as well. Occasional offsetting from plates to adjacent text pages, occasional light foxing, hinges a bit rubbed but still perfectly sturdy. Decorative bookplates at each front pastedown and front free endpaper. The subtlety of the coloring of the plates and the majesty of the subject matter make this one of the great works of the Regency period. Tipped onto the front flyleaf of Vol. I is a 1 pg. ALS dated 1818, a large 4to from the author W.H. Pyne, discussing a plate for an engraving (not from this work). The set is housed in 3… Read More

London: Printed For A.Dry., L.Harrison, Printer, 1819., 1819. 3 Volumes. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., ii, [1 leaf], 188, [1 leaf], 21; 3 p.l., 88, [1 leaf], 28, [1 leaf], 88; 3 p.l., 80, [1 leaf], 92, 16. 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates. 1 wood-engraved vignette. text watermarked 1811-17, plates 1816. contemporary straight-grained maroon morocco, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind, gilt backs, all edges gilt (Vol. III front joint expertly repaired, corners bumped). First Edition. A fine copy of this sumptuous work, written by Pyne and illustrated with one hundred richly hand-coloured views of royal residences, engraved by T.Sutherland, W.J.Bennett, R.Reeve, D.Havell, & J.Bailey, after drawings by C.Wild, J.Stephanoff, R.Cattermole, W.Westall, & G.Samuel. There are several exterior views but the majority of the plates show the elegant decoration and furnishing of the interiors. The description and twenty-four plates of Carlton House, London home of the Prince Regent (later George IV) are of… Read More