Engelback Lewis (2 results)

FIRST EDITION. Hand-coloured front., additional engraved title & a further 16 plates as listed. Untrimmed in orig. brick brown fine-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt, small mark & a three small nicks to front board, otherwise a v.g. crisp copy in the original cloth. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Andrew. Abbey Travel, 166: 'The book is often said to contain seventeen or eighteen plates by Rowlandson, but in fact probably only nine are by him. Of these only. [the frontispiece] carries Rowlandson's signature'. Tooley 419. First published in Ackermann's Repository during 1809-1813 under the title Letters From Italy. A handsome production. …

Three Quarters Leather. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. 18 color plates, including two maps, one of which is folding. 14 of other plates are aquatints, one a colored etching. 400 pp. + 11 pages of index and list of plates/maps. Fine. Interior text and plates generally clean. (Folding map has minor soilage.) Binding tight. A little shelf wear to leather at corners. Spine rebacked preserving original/contemporary morocco with raised bands and floral decoration in panels. The gilding is somewhat faded, and there is some roughness to the spine leather. Yet given near pristine quality of interior, I consider this overall fine. Photos available if serious interest. Rowlandson, Thomas (illustrator).…