Gardens of Delight: the Rococo English landscape of Thomas Robins the elder by John Harris, with natural history notes by Dr Martyn Rix. Two Volumes

Harris, John

Published by Published by The Basilisk Press, London, 1978

About this Item

, 77 & 71 pages, in the first volume both the text and colour illustrations are printed lithographically on antique wove paper specially made for the edition. In the second volume the text is printed letterpress on the same paper, with the plates printed by lithography tipped on to biscuit coloured sheets of Canson Mi-Teintes made in France. The second volume is considerably larger than the first. Limited Edition of 515 copies , the larger volume has a few very small light spots to covers, both internally clean and crisp, the books are in near fine condition, each in brown cloth slipcase which have some light stains and fraying at edges, slipcases in good+ condition , bound by Morrell and Company Limited in grey cloth specially printed for this edition with a motif based on a Robins border , landscape, 30 x 43 cm and 59 x 44 cm Hardback ISBN:

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gardens of Delight: the Rococo English landscape of Thomas Robins the elder by John Harris, with natural history notes by Dr Martyn Rix. Two Volumes
• Publisher: Published by The Basilisk Press, London
• Publication Date: 1978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Harris, John and Rix, Dr Martyn, Gardens of Del...