The Cities of Europe, and Theatre of War and Revolution in Maps, Views and Plans

Albert Henry Payne

Verlag: A. H. Payne, Dresden and Leipzig, 1850

Beschreibung

The very scarce second volume of Albert Henry Payne's beautifully illustrated study of the political conflict within European cities in the first half of the nineteenth century. A first edition work illustrated with a wealth of plates and folding maps. The second volume only of Albert Henry Payne's very scarce two volume work examining the grand cities of Europe. This second volume examines the war and revolution that took hold of Europe in the first half of the nineteenth century.The preface explains that this volume aims 'to place the various scenes of this great drama vividly before the reader, by a combined means of profuse pictorial illustration, and of clear and succinct written description of the events, in the order in which they occurred'.Illustrated with an steel engraved frontispiece and title page, twenty-three further engraved plates, and ten folding maps. Each map and plate depicts a European city or country. These engravings are the work of English born, Leipzig based steel engraver, painter and illustrator Albert Henry Payne.Undated; dated 1850 via Jisc.With the bookplate of Alan Maxcey Galer to the front pastedown.A very scarce and beautifully illustrated examination of the cities of Europe. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Areas of fading and discolouration to boards. Hinges strained, with boards holding firm. Bookplate to front pastedown. Frontispiece detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Instances of spotting and handling marks throughout. Three folding maps loosely inserted to rear. Good Only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 821F29

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Cities of Europe, and Theatre of War and...

Verlag: A. H. Payne, Dresden and Leipzig

Erscheinungsdatum: 1850

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Albert Henry Payne

Zustand: Good Only

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book