Boydell?s Picturesque Scenery of Norway; With the Principal Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Swinesund, from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With remarks and Observations Made on a Tour Through the Country, and Revised and Corrected by William Tooke.

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About this Item

London: Published by Hurst, Robinson, and Co. Cheapside; Late Boydell and Co, 1820 (but more exactly 1830). Folio. 418 x 263 mm. Complete with title-page, Index to the plates, Introduction, half-title, text to all plates, 80 coloured aquatint plates. Contemporary red morocco. Spine with gilt lettering and gilt in compartments. Covers gilt. Rebacked, preserving the original spine. All edges gilt. A little rubbed. Title-page with some foxing, and text with minor occasional foxing and some offsetting. Clean plates. A second issue in one volume, a reprint of the plates watermarked 1824, 1827 or 1828. The plates are trimmed to remove the old publisher?s name, address and printing date. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boydell?s Picturesque Scenery of Norway; With the Principal Towns from the Naze, by the Route of Christiania, to the Swinesund, from Original Drawings Made on the Spot, and Engraved by John William Edy. With remarks and Observations Made on a Tour Through the Country, and Revised and Corrected by William Tooke.
• Binding: Hardcover