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THE

PLEASURE VISITOR’S

COMPANION

IN SURVEYING THE

ISLE OF WIGHT.

POINTING OUT THE BEST PLAN FOR SEEING EVERY REMARKABLE OBJECT IN THE ISLAND IN THE SHORTEST TIME.

BY GEO. BRANNON, ARTIST

[FIRST Edition – In the Original Binding]

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Author

GEORGE BRANNON

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Year of Publication

1833

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Publisher

Wootton: Printed for and by G. Brannon

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For full description see below - after all photographs

 

Description:

Wootton: Printed for and by G. Brannon, 1833, FIRST Edition.

In the original binding with black titles to the boards, and plain paper spine.

[viii], 8-119pp, [3]pp, with the map and three plates (including the frontispiece).

George Brannon was a self-taught Isle of Wight artist, engraver, printer and publisher who recorded detailed views and images of the Island before the advent of photography.

His family first moved to the Isle of Wight from London in around 1809 and lived in Landscape Cottage on Wootton Common. Here he began his life’s work engraving and publishing his superb copperplate prints for his Vectis Scenery publications — the theme of the exhibition.

Provenance: the name GJ Brooks to the front board.

Approximately 6 ½ inches tall.

 

Condition Report

Externally

• Spine – good condition – paper spine, not titles, rubbed and worn.
• Joints – good condition – sound.
• Corners – good condition – bumped and worn.
• Boards – good condition – marks and wear, signature of previous owner.
• Page edges – good condition – tanned and darkened.
• See above and photos.

Internally

• Hinges – good condition – sound.
• Paste downs – good condition – marked and worn.
• End papers – good condition – tanned.
• Title – good condition – tanned and marked.
• Pages – good condition – tanned and marked.
• Binding – good condition – good.
• See photos.

 

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1833
Binding: Hardback

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