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Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape
Tom Taylor; Birket Foster; Brothers Dalziel
1881
George Routledge and Sons : London
15.5" by 11.5"
Unpaginated
SUMMARY
A lovely limited edition collection of the picturesque rural scenes of Myles Birket Foster, engraved on India proof paper by the Brothers Dalziel.
Illustrated,Limited Edition,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 3 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
A limited edition work, an India Proof Edition limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbered four-hundred and sixty-three.
A very smart copy of this volume of India Proofs engraved by the prolific Victorian era wood-engravers, The Brothers Dalziel.
Illustrated with thirty plates, engraved by the Dalziel brothers, after the work of British watercolourist and illustrator Myles Birket Foster. Collated, complete.
The views in this volume are all charming picturesque rural scenes, such as 'The Mill', 'The Fram-Yard', 'The Watering-Place', 'At the Cottage Door', 'Under the Moonbeams', and 'The Village Churchyard'.
With plates interspersed with leaves of verse from Tom Taylor, this is a charming celebration of English landscapes.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original vellum binding, with gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with significant rubbing and discolouration to perimeters of front board, resulting in losses to the vellum. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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