nash joseph re edited corbet anderson (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Samuel Stanesby (illustrateur). This is a Very Good Copy of this Book bound in red cloth with gilt title lettering to the front cover and with further gilt motifs to the front cover with black scroll border design.Illustrated with 26 guarded lithographic plates by Samuel Stanesby that include Hatfield House,Ockwells in berkshire,Wakehurst in Sussex,Bramshill in Hants,Crewe Hall Chesire,Southam in Glos,Westwood in Worcs,Beddington in Surrey,Penshurt in Kent,Franks in Kent,Holland House in London,Sutton Place near Guildford,Haddon Hall in Derbyshire and Boughton Malherbe in Kent.There is a little fading to the cloth front cover to the fore-edge,slight scattered foxing mostly to the verso of the plate guards.Binding remains firm with no hinge weakness,Large quarto measures 28cm by 38 cm [1869].

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. M. & N. Nanhart (lithographs) (illustrateur). Ex Library. Volume 2 of the 4 volume series. 1871 reprint with lithography by M. & N. Nanhart. Magnificent red cloth hardcover boards with intricate stamped designs and scroll work in the High Victorian style; gilt lettering and gilt page edges; heavy stock paper. Binding complete with all lithographs with tissue guards present numbered from 53 to 78 for this series. Hinges weak with heavy wear to the board edges, spine torn, pages dusty with light age toning; last lithograph loose; x-library markings to the spine, library plates on the inside end pages; library block stamp with tiny holes stamped on the bottom of each lithograph. Very uncommon. Joseph Nash (1809 - 1878) was an English watercolour painter and lithographer, specialising in historical buildings. His major work was the 4-volume Mansions of England in the Olden Time, originally published from 1839-49. For the work, Nash travelled across England drawing house interiors and exteriors. He concentrated on the architectural aspects of the buildings, which, using the example of Joseph Strutt, he brought to life with the inclusion of groups of people. The volumes were very popular, with the lithographs circulated widely by newspapers, architects and other artists. The book was so effective it was claimed in Parliament that it was causing an increasing number of people to visit historical buildings.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Samuel Stanesby (lithographs) (illustrateur). Ex Library. Volume 2 of the 4 volume series. 1870 reprint with lithography by Stanesby. Magnificent red cloth hardcover boards with intricate stamped designs and scroll work in the High Victorian style; gilt lettering and gilt page edges; heavy stock paper. Binding complete with all lithographs with tissue guards present numbered from 27 to 52 for this series. Binding tight with moderate wear to the board edges, pages dusty with light age toning; title page torn; x-library markings to the spine, library plates on the inside end pages; library block stamp with tiny holes stamped on the bottom of each lithograph. Very uncommon. Joseph Nash (1809 - 1878) was an English watercolour painter and lithographer, specialising in historical buildings. His major work was the 4-volume Mansions of England in the Olden Time, originally published from 1839-49. For the work, Nash travelled across England drawing house interiors and exteriors. He concentrated on the architectural aspects of the buildings, which, using the example of Joseph Strutt, he brought to life with the inclusion of groups of people. The volumes were very popular, with the lithographs circulated widely by newspapers, architects and other artists. The book was so effective it was claimed in Parliament that it was causing an increasing number of people to visit historical buildings.