Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England..., 1826
Sold for £560
Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England..., engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, and other eminent engravers, 2 volumes bound as one, London: John and Arthur Arch et al., 1826, 48 engraved plates and 32 vignettes, some spotting throughout, autograph letter signed from William Alexander (Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum) dated 25 October 1814, to the publishers J. & A. Arch congratulating Arch and the other proprietors of the Southern Coast on the engraving by W. Cooke from Turner's beautiful drawing of Lyme Regis..., 2 pages with integral address leaf and third page with notes of a reply, 4to, tipped onto front free endpaper with specimens of W.B. Cooke and George Cooke's autographs on two separate sheets tipped onto following flyleaf recto, with an accompanying holograph note in respect of the inserted items by the original owner Dawson Turner, dated 1826, also noting that this is a large paper subscribers' copy, armorial bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur to front pastedown and armorial bookplate of S.L. Courtauld to endpaper facing, all edges gilt, contemporary blindstamped and gilt decorated dark green morocco with crest and monogram of Dawson Turner to upper and lower covers, rubbed at extremities, covers detached, folio (36 x 26 cm), Large paper copy
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Provenance: Dawson Turner FRS (1775-1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary; Josiah Vavasseur CB (1834-1908), English industrialist who founded Vavasseur & Co. (also known as London Ordnance Works); Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
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Sold for £560
Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England..., engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, and other eminent engravers, 2 volumes bound as one, London: John and Arthur Arch et al., 1826, 48 engraved plates and 32 vignettes, some spotting throughout, autograph letter signed from William Alexander (Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum) dated 25 October 1814, to the publishers J. & A. Arch congratulating Arch and the other proprietors of the Southern Coast on the engraving by W. Cooke from Turner's beautiful drawing of Lyme Regis..., 2 pages with integral address leaf and third page with notes of a reply, 4to, tipped onto front free endpaper with specimens of W.B. Cooke and George Cooke's autographs on two separate sheets tipped onto following flyleaf recto, with an accompanying holograph note in respect of the inserted items by the original owner Dawson Turner, dated 1826, also noting that this is a large paper subscribers' copy, armorial bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur to front pastedown and armorial bookplate of S.L. Courtauld to endpaper facing, all edges gilt, contemporary blindstamped and gilt decorated dark green morocco with crest and monogram of Dawson Turner to upper and lower covers, rubbed at extremities, covers detached, folio (36 x 26 cm), Large paper copy
(Qty: 1)
Provenance: Dawson Turner FRS (1775-1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary; Josiah Vavasseur CB (1834-1908), English industrialist who founded Vavasseur & Co. (also known as London Ordnance Works); Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
