Bakewell r robert (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 2 volumes in the publishers black cloth, corners & edges bumped. Respined in black cloth, old cloth labels laid down. Internally, lacks the 4 coloured plates. Vol 1, 1823, [3], (iv-xvi), [1], 2-381 pp, [1], 10 B&W Illustrations. Vol 2, 1823, [3], (iv-vii), [1], [1], 2-447 pp, [1], 10 illustrations (on 9 leaves, most full page). top edges cut remainder not. Probably respined by previous owner c1990. 4 modern coloured images supplied loose. (225*141. 225*144 mm). (Alpine Club LibCat p19). …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 2 vols. Four full page colored engravings; woodcuts, 8.5 x 5.5", half leather; marbled boards, 381pp; 447pp with index, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and chipping, spines darkened, front inner hinges cracked, some spotting (especially to colored plates) else a nice, bright set. Bakewell was a noted Geologist. FIRST EDITION.…

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823. 8vo. Bound in 2 beautifull contemp., well-preserved full longgrained green morocco. Richly gilt spines, gilt lettering, gilt borders on covers, edges of boards gilt, marbled edges. 2 engraved and handcoloured frontispieces (aquatint views). XVI,382"VII,448 pp., 2 aquatint plates handcoloured, 3 plates in woodcut, many textillustr. (4 in full page). Printed on good paper. Clean and fine. A near mint copy. First edition. "These 'Travels', undertaken for geological study, yet full of humour and personal detail, caused a theological attack by Dr. Pye Smith." (DNB). - Tooley: 75. - Abbey, Travel no. 56. …