MEDIUM QUARTO (12.5 BY 9.5 INCHES) BOUND IN HALF BLACK LEATHER OVER BLUE BOARDS SOME RUBBING BOTH HINGES STRENGTHENED A NICE CLEAN COPY. DOUBLE PAGE MAP (REPAIRED) MAP OF READING DOUBLE PLATE OF WHITE HORSE HILL. MANY OTHER PLATES MAINLY CHURCH DETAILS. pp159-446.
1ST EDITION. HALF VELLUM ILLUSTRATED WITH SUN PICTURES TAKEN IN THE FARMS WOOD AND PLEASURE GROUNDS OF GRAVETYE MANOR BY GEORGE CHAMPION. PLATES PRINTED BY THE SOCIETE ANOMNYME DES ARTES GRAPHIQUES AT GENEVA. LETTER PRESS BY THE CHISWICK PRESS LONDON. 36 FULL PAGE PLATES PROTECTED BY TISSUE GUARDS.
FIRST EDITION QUARTO BOUND IN HALF RED LEATHER BY ANDREWS OF DURHAM WITH ELABORATE GILT TOOLING TO THE SPINE. ALL EDGES GILT. FIRST PLATE HEAVILY FOXED BUT THE REST GOOD (SOME SPOTTED FOXING TO EDGES OF SOME PLATES). TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND.
FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN ELABORATE GREEN DECOARTED BOARDS GILT TITLES. COLOUR PLATES. SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE COUNTRY WHICH INSPIRED THE PAINTER JOHN CONSTABLE. MANY REPRODUCTIONS FROM HIS PAINTINGS. SLIGHT WEAKNESS TO FRONT HINGE SOME FOXING TO EARLY PAGES.
