Harding, J. D. Scotland Delineated
in a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield, George Cattermole, W. K. Leitch, Thomas Creswick, David Roberts, J. D. Harding, Joseph Nash, Horatio MacCulloch, Drawn in Lithography by J. D Harding. With Historical, Antiquarian and Descriptive Letterpress by by John Parker Lawson. London: Joseph Hogarth, 1847-[54]. First edition, deluxe issue, 2 volumes, large folio (61.9 x 43.7cm), contemporary red half morocco gilt, raised bands, half-title, title-page, dedication leaf, 168 pp. descriptive text (only), 58 hand-coloured lithographic plates (of 90: comprising Abbey's numbers 1, 2, 4-22, 24-29, 31, 34, 37, 29, 40, 42, 43, 48, 49, 51-53, 56-62, 64, 65, 68, 70, 78, 80, 83-86, 90), mounted on card as issued, binding worn at extremities, corner tips worn, occasional spotting, mainly to mounts, some tissue guards creased [Abbey Scenery 493] (2)
Footnote:
The rare deluxe issue of one of the great pictorial surveys of Scotland in the 19th century, including fine views of Scotland's towns, cities, castles, palaces, lochs, mountains and glens by many of the leading landscape painters of the day.
in a Series of Views by Clarkson Stanfield, George Cattermole, W. K. Leitch, Thomas Creswick, David Roberts, J. D. Harding, Joseph Nash, Horatio MacCulloch, Drawn in Lithography by J. D Harding. With Historical, Antiquarian and Descriptive Letterpress by by John Parker Lawson. London: Joseph Hogarth, 1847-[54]. First edition, deluxe issue, 2 volumes, large folio (61.9 x 43.7cm), contemporary red half morocco gilt, raised bands, half-title, title-page, dedication leaf, 168 pp. descriptive text (only), 58 hand-coloured lithographic plates (of 90: comprising Abbey's numbers 1, 2, 4-22, 24-29, 31, 34, 37, 29, 40, 42, 43, 48, 49, 51-53, 56-62, 64, 65, 68, 70, 78, 80, 83-86, 90), mounted on card as issued, binding worn at extremities, corner tips worn, occasional spotting, mainly to mounts, some tissue guards creased [Abbey Scenery 493] (2)
Footnote:
The rare deluxe issue of one of the great pictorial surveys of Scotland in the 19th century, including fine views of Scotland's towns, cities, castles, palaces, lochs, mountains and glens by many of the leading landscape painters of the day.
