[Beckford's Tower] Views of Landsdown Tower Bath.The Favourite Edifice of the Late William Beckford Esq.r.
From Drawings by Willes Maddox. On Stone by S.J. Richardson, F.S.A.
Published by Edmund English, Jun.r Milsom S.t Bath and Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London, 1844.
2°, original half morocco, moiré cloth, lettered in gilt on front board; lithographed dedication, list of plates and vignettes, letterpress 'To the Reader', facsimile mss. letter, 2pp. list of subscribers, errata slip; pp. 9, with six tinted lithographic vignettes and a wood engraving; 14 lithographs with fine hand colour on 13 sheets, trimmed to image and mounted on card as issued, as called for. Disbound, edges chipped, some spotting to text.
An example of the Subscription Edition of the account of Lansdown Tower in Bath, built by William Beckford in 1827. Now known as 'Beckford's Tower' and owned by the Bath Preservation Trust, it is Grade I listed.
Abbey Scenery 420.
[Ref: 60911] £1,800.00
Published by Edmund English, Jun.r Milsom S.t Bath and Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London, 1844.
2°, original half morocco, moiré cloth, lettered in gilt on front board; lithographed dedication, list of plates and vignettes, letterpress 'To the Reader', facsimile mss. letter, 2pp. list of subscribers, errata slip; pp. 9, with six tinted lithographic vignettes and a wood engraving; 14 lithographs with fine hand colour on 13 sheets, trimmed to image and mounted on card as issued, as called for. Disbound, edges chipped, some spotting to text.
An example of the Subscription Edition of the account of Lansdown Tower in Bath, built by William Beckford in 1827. Now known as 'Beckford's Tower' and owned by the Bath Preservation Trust, it is Grade I listed.
Abbey Scenery 420.
[Ref: 60911] £1,800.00