Leitch Ritchie Text (6 results)

Condition: Sehr gut. [First Edition]. 21 x 13 cm. (6), 256 pages, (2). Complete with all Plates, as listed. Contemporary cloth. Elaborate blind decorations. Gilt title. Rebacked in 2024 using original boards and remaining parts of the spine. See images. New end papers. Very good condition. Rebacked. Part of original spine missing. Internally mild dust dulled and occasionally damp stained.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1857. lvi, 336 pp. 27.5 x 20 cm. Black cloth covered boards, all edges gilt; 61 engraved plates including engraved additional title page. Book has been recased in modern cloth covered boards, and shows signs of once having had a spine remnant or other spine lable laid down on spine, but no longer extant. Some rubbing and light nicking to spine ends. Binder has used green cloth-patterned paper for front and rear endpapers, with presumed original marbled free endpapers still intact. Cracking along front and rear joints of endpapers, although text block is still holding very firmly. Foxing to some of the plates. Binding firm. Due to the size and weight of this book, additional shipping may be required for expedited and international orders. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later printing. NVG. Full leather binding, beveled edges, 5 raised bands on spine, gilt lettering, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Rubbed at extremities with superficial scuffing around all edges, spine a little darkened. Leather is clean and remains supple. One small stain at fore edge of first two pages, otherwise clean throughout, all 61 engravings have tissue guards, binding and hinges are sound. Please note that the frontispiece has, in addition to the small fore-edge stain, a small splash of red ink that intrudes a tiny bit on the left side of the engraving (see the last picture, above). This is a very nice copy and the engravings are beautiful.

Brunet V, 979 ; Rawlinson 432 ff. - Das Werk war ursprünglich als Reiseführer für Damschiff-Passagiere gedacht. Fein ausgeführte Stahlstichansichten zeigen u.a. Chateau Gaillard, Vernon, Mantes, Saint Denis, Saint Cloud, Paris (5). Nagler (Künstlerlexikon XXI,388) lobt die ausgezeichneten Stahlstiche nach Turner von Willmore, Branchard, Fisher u.a. ". meisterhaft gestochene Bilder, von großem Reize." 22 x 14 cm. Gest. Schmucktitelbl. mit Stahlstich-Vignette, 3 Bl., 258 S., 19 Stahlstich-Tafeln unter Seidenhemdchen, Text in engl. Sprache, Orig.-Lederband mit goldgepr. Rückentitel, umlauf. Goldschnitt. Ecken berieben, Aussengelenke rissig, ob. Kapital lädiert.

leather bound. Condition: Very Good. Three volume full leather bound set with 5 raised hub spines, all edges gilt, dentelles and decorated end papers. Ownership labels to front paste downs. Tight bindings. Light tone and foxing. oversized and overweight. E24 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 16 x 23.2 cm. Contemporary half morocco with spine text in English and front cover text in French. Binding showing age. 124] pages, 60 unnumbered leaves of plates Tissue guards in place. Descriptions of plates in English and French. Marginal foxing on most of the 60 plates. OCLC Number:863246432: The title page is engraved and bears a vignette of the Chateau Gaillard.The text is by Leitch Ritchie with English and French on opposite sides of the same leaf.Published in parts, probably between 1836 and 1837. Part numbers appear bottom centre on many leaves. The plates and text originate from "Turner's annual tour" 1833-1835. For details of the publication history see Nash et al.The plates bear the imprint of John McCormick, and sometimes of Asher, Berlin. They were printed by McQueen and engraved by many hands, led by Robert Brandard and J.T. Willmore.TURNER (William). The Rivers of France. London, Longman, Rees, Brown, Green & Longman, 1837. In-8 de [1] f. (titre gravé), [1] f. (table des planches) et 60 vues gravées d'après W. Turner avec chacune leur feuillet explicatif en anglais (recto) et en français (verso). Demi-chagrin brun à coins, dos lisse orné d'un décor romantique doré, titre doré au dos et sur le plat, tr. dorées. Qqs lég. frottés, rousseurs éparses, mouillure claire sur les derniers ff. et pl.