Buy this book on-line William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. BartlettVirtue & Co., London and New York, c. 1844
Publisher’s gilt embossed cloth with original elaborate gilt designs on rebacked spine, edges gilt. , Occasional light browning, otherwise a very good example, text and plates are clean. , 4to, P. frontis, engraved title, blank, title, blank, preface iii-iv, plate listing v-vi, contents vii-viii, 1-236., Complete with 80 plates, including the engraved title, the map, and 78 steel-engraved plates, as well as a title page with the printer's device and a profusion of woodcuts, all detailing the scenery around the Danube River. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. BartlettVirtue & Co., London, c. 1844.
Contemporary gilt morocco with intricate floral motifs within a double-lined gilt border, spine with six densely gilt compartments of raised gilt bands and gilt floral motifs, gilt title on two, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt. , Occasional faint foxing to some plates, otherwise a fine example of this book in decoratively-gilt full morocco, text and plates are generally clean and crisp., 4to., P. (4), engraved title, blank, title, printer’s device, preface iii-iv, plate listing v-vi, contents vii-viii, 1-236, (4)., Complete with 80 plates, including the engraved title plate, engraved map, and 78 steel plates. Title page has woodcut device, and there are innumerable woodcuts throughout, all detailing the scenery around the Danube River. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of William Beattie, ed.; W. H. Bartlett, illus : The Danube: Its History, Scenery, and Topography, Splendidly Illustrated, from Sketches Taken on the Spot by Abresch, and Drawn by W.H. Bartlett. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, incunabula, out of print books, rare books and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |