Benjamin pitt capper (2 résultats)

Map. Etat : Fine. Hand coloured map. Size : 175 x 105 mm. This map is in an attractive ivory coloured mount with a single border line in a loosely attached cling film wrapper, all ready for framing. We hold a large stock of maps of Devon and Cornwall, please enquire.

Leather. Etat : Good. First edition. A bright first edition of this topographical guide to the United Kingdom, illustrated throughout with folding maps. A first edition. Illustrated with thirty-nine maps and seven folding maps, for a total of forty-six plates. Collated complete. A topographical dictionary of the UK, with geographical, topographical, and statistical accounts of every district and place in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and various small islands of the British Empire. Compiled from parliamentary and authenticated documents. With the bookplate of Earl Manvers to the front pastedowns. Written by Benjamin Pitts Capper, an English author and topographer. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip and board perimeters. Split in calf to centre of back strip. Small losses of calf to back strip tail. Joints starting, with boards tenderly held by cords only. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot, most concentrated to leaves facing plates. Good. Not Stated (illustrateur). book.…