Pictorial and Practical Illustrations of Windsor Castle, with an Historical Account from its foundation to the reign of Queen Victoria

Gandy, Michael ; Benjamin Baud

Verlag: John Williams, Library of Fine Arts, London, 1840

Beschreibung

Black buckram boards, 8" X 9" square of original cover, with gilt tile and embossed insignia, mounted onto leaf before title page. iv, 12 pages of text entitled "Windsor Castle." 39 leaves of black and white plates, with 15 tinted lithographs of views, and 24 plates entitled Details of Windsor Castle." Oversize- quite large. Extremely rare. Cover title, from mounted cover remnant: "Gandy and Baud's Windsor Castle." Title inside continues, "From original drawings made expressly for this work by Messrs. Gandy and Baud, Principal Assistants to the late Sir Jeffry Wyatville during the great repairs and alterations of the castle." Preface notes this is "the first part of the Pictorial and Practical Illustrations of Windsor Castle." 12 pages of historical text entitled "Windsor Castle" include 2 chapters. Chapter 1: "Historical Events and Personages belonging to and connected with Windsor Castle, from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Queen Victoria." Chapter 2: "Descriptive particulars of the site, architectural features, and other characteristics, of Windsor Castle, with references to, and notices of, the accompanying series of drawings." Chapter 2 includes a ground plan. A similar title appeared later by a different publisher. Dimensions of book are 22" x 15.25" x 1", whipping weight is 11 pounds. Good, library binding solid, rebound; ex-library marks and stamps typical of a reference book. Several perforation stamps, including on one engraving margin, and on one facsimile page. Foxing spots throughout, to varying degrees; most lithographs are unaffected. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 133026

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Pictorial and Practical Illustrations of ...

Verlag: John Williams, Library of Fine Arts, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1840

Einband: Hardcover